| Psa. 38:1 |
O Jehovah, do not rebuke me in Your indignation, / Nor chasten me in Your burning wrath. |
| Psa. 38:2 |
For Your arrows have sunk deep in me, / And Your hand has come down heavy upon me. |
| Psa. 38:3 |
There is no soundness in my flesh due to Your indignation; / There is no wholeness in my bones due to my sin. |
| Psa. 38:4 |
For my iniquities have passed over my head; / Like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. |
| Psa. 38:5 |
My wounds are odious and festering / Due to my foolishness. |
| Psa. 38:6 |
I am bent down and bowed utterly; / I go about all day long mourning. |
| Psa. 38:7 |
For my loins are filled with burning, / And there is no soundness in my flesh. |
| Psa. 38:8 |
I am benumbed and crushed utterly; / I cry out due to the groaning of my heart. |
| Psa. 38:9 |
O Lord, all my desire is before You, / And my groaning is not hidden from You. |
| Psa. 38:10 |
My heart throbs; my strength fails me; / And as for the light of my eyes, neither is it with me. |
| Psa. 38:11 |
Those who love me and [those who are] my friends stand aloof from my / plague, / And my relatives stand far away. |
| Psa. 38:12 |
And those who seek my soul lay traps [for me,] / And those who pursue my misfortune speak of destruction, / And they contemplate deceit all day long. |
| Psa. 38:13 |
But I, like a deaf man, cannot hear; / And [I am] like a dumb man, who cannot open his mouth. |
| Psa. 38:14 |
Indeed I am like a man who does not hear / And in whose mouth there are no reproofs. |
| Psa. 38:15 |
For in You, O Jehovah, do I hope; / You will respond, O Lord my God. |
| Psa. 38:16 |
For I said, May they never rejoice over me! / When my foot slips, they magnify themselves over me. |
| Psa. 38:17 |
For I am ready to stumble, / And my pain is before me continually. |
| Psa. 38:18 |
For I declare my iniquity; / I am anxious because of my sin. |
| Psa. 38:19 |
But my enemies are vigorous; they are strong; / And those who wrongly hate me are many. |
| Psa. 38:20 |
Those also who repay evil for good / Are my adversaries because I pursue what is good. |
| Psa. 38:21 |
Do not abandon me, O Jehovah; / O my God, do not be far away from me. |
| Psa. 38:22 |
Hasten to help me, / O Lord, my salvation. |