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