Psalms 38
Psalms 38
A Psalm by David, for a memorial.
Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. Verse 2. For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me. Verse 3. There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. Verse 4. For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. Verse 5. My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness. Verse 6. I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long. Verse 7. For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh. Verse 8. I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart. Verse 9. Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you. Verse 10. My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me. Verse 11. My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away. Verse 12. They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long. Verse 13. But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth. Verse 14. Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs. Verse 15. For I hope in you, Yahweh. You will answer, Lord my God. Verse 16. For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.” Verse 17. For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me. Verse 18. For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin. Verse 19. But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous. Verse 20. They who give evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good. Verse 21. Don’t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be far from me. Verse 22. Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.