Psalm 38

1 Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, Neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.WEB — Psalm 38:1

2 For your arrows have pierced me, Your hand presses hard on me.WEB — Psalm 38:2

3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.WEB — Psalm 38:3

4 For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.WEB — Psalm 38:4

5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.WEB — Psalm 38:5

6 I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all the day long.WEB — Psalm 38:6

7 For my loins are filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.WEB — Psalm 38:7

8 I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.WEB — Psalm 38:8

9 Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.WEB — Psalm 38:9

10 My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.WEB — Psalm 38:10

11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand afar off.WEB — Psalm 38:11

12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all day long.WEB — Psalm 38:12

13 But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.WEB — Psalm 38:13

14 Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, In whose mouth are no reproofs.WEB — Psalm 38:14

15 For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.WEB — Psalm 38:15

16 For I said, “Don't let them gloat over me, Or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”WEB — Psalm 38:16

17 For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.WEB — Psalm 38:17

18 For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.WEB — Psalm 38:18

19 But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.WEB — Psalm 38:19

20 They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, Because I follow what is good.WEB — Psalm 38:20

21 Don't forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don't be far from me.WEB — Psalm 38:21

22 Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation. Psalm 39 For the Chief Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.WEB — Psalm 38:22