Psalms 38

Psalm 38 ESV

David moveth God to take compassion of his sad condition, confessing his sins to have been the cause of it.
A Psalm of David, 1for the memorial offering.
1 O Lord, 1rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!
2 For your 1arrows have sunk into me, and your hand 2has come down on me.
3 There is 1no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my 2bones because of my sin.
4 For my 1iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness,
6 I am 1utterly bowed down and 2prostrate; all the day I 3go about mourning.
7 For my sides are filled with burning, and there is 1no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and crushed; I 1groan because of the tumult of my heart.
9 O Lord, all my longing is before you; my 1sighing is not hidden from you.
10 My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and 1the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
11 My 1friends and companions 2stand aloof from my 3plague, and my nearest kin 4stand far off.
12 Those who seek my life 1lay their snares; those who seek my hurt 2speak of ruin and meditate 3treachery all day long.
13 But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like 1a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14 I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no 1rebukes.
15 But for 1you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
16 For I said, “Only 1let them not rejoice over me, who 2boast against me when my 3foot slips!”
17 For I am 1ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me.
18 I 1confess my iniquity; I am 2sorry for my sin.
19 But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me 1wrongfully.
20 Those who 1render me evil for good 2accuse me because I 3follow after good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Lord! O my God, be not 1far from me!
22 1Make haste to help me, O Lord, my 2salvation!
Psalms 38

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