A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
38:1O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath;
Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
38:2For thine arrows stick fast in me,
And thy hand presseth me sore.
38:3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation;
Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
38:4For mine iniquities are gone over my head:
As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
38:5My wounds are loathsome and corrupt,
Because of my foolishness.
38:6I am pained and bowed down greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.
38:7For my loins are filled with burning;
And there is no soundness in my flesh.
38:8I am faint and sore bruised:
I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
38:9Lord, all my desire is before thee;
And my groaning is not hid from thee.
38:10My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me:
As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
38:11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen stand afar off.
38:12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me;
And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things,
And meditate deceits all the day long.
38:13But I, as a deaf man, hear not;
And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
38:14Yea, I am as a man that heareth not,
And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
38:15For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope:
Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
38:16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me:
When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
And my sorrow is continually before me.
38:18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
38:19But mine enemies are lively, and are strong;
And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
38:20They also that render evil for good
Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
38:21Forsake me not, O Jehovah:
O my God, be not far from me.
38:22Make haste to help me,
Notes:
