Psalms 38

¹A PSALM OF DAVID. “TO CAUSE TO REMEMBER.” YHWH, do not reprove me in Your wrath, Nor discipline me in Your fury.

²For Your arrows have come down on me, And You let down Your hand on me.

³Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Your indignation, Peace is not in my bones, Because of my sin.

⁴For my iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden—too heavy for me.

⁵Stunk—my wounds have become corrupt, Because of my folly.

⁶I have been bent down, I have been bowed down—to excess, I have gone mourning all the day.

⁷For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.

⁸I have been feeble and struck—to excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.

⁹Lord, all my desire is before You, And my sighing has not been hid from You.

¹⁰My heart is panting, my power has forsaken me, And the light of my eyes, Even they are not with me.

¹¹My lovers and my friends stand aloof from before my plague. And my neighbors have stood far off.

¹²And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they meditate on deceits all the day.

¹³And I, as deaf, do not hear. And as a mute one who does not open his mouth.

¹⁴Indeed, I am as a man who does not hear, And in his mouth are no reproofs.

¹⁵Because for You, O YHWH, I have waited, You answer, O Lord my God.

¹⁶When I said, “Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot they magnified themselves against me.”

¹⁷For I am ready to halt, And my pain is continually before me.

¹⁸For I declare my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.

¹⁹And my enemies are lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.

²⁰And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.

²¹Do not forsake me, O YHWH, My God, do not be far from me,

²²Hurry to help me, O Lord, my salvation!

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