Psalms 38:1-15

¹“A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.” (38:2) O Lord, correct me not in thy wrath, nor chastise me in thy fury.

²(38:3) For thy arrows have penetrated into me, and thy hand presseth down upon me.

³(38:4) There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation: there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.

⁴(38:5) For my iniquities are passed over my head, as a heavy burden are they too heavy for me.

⁵(38:6) Foul, corrupt are my bruises because of my folly.

⁶(38:7) I am bent double; I am bowed down to the utmost; all the day long I go about full of grief.

⁷(38:8) For my loins are filled with a burning disease, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

⁸(38:9) I am made faint and crushed to the utmost; I cry aloud because of the groaning of my heart.

⁹(38:10) Lord, before thee is all my longing; and my sighing is from thee not hidden.

¹⁰(38:11) My heart is restless, my strength hath left me; and the light of my eyes—that also is no more with me.

¹¹(38:12) My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

¹²(38:13) They also that seek after my life lay snares; and they that wish for my mishap speak wicked falsehoods; and deceits do they devise all the day long.

¹³(38:14) But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and I am as a dumb man that cannot open his mouth.

¹⁴(38:15) Thus am I as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no words of defence.

¹⁵(38:16) For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.