Psalms 38:1-15

¹A Psalm of David. A lament. Reprove me not, Lord, in your anger, and chasten me not in your wrath;

²for your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand lies heavy upon me.

³In my flesh is no soundness because of your anger, no health in my bones, because of my sin.

⁴For that my guilt is gone over my head: it weighs like a burden too heavy for me.

⁵My wounds stink and fester, for my foolishness I am tormented.

⁶Bent and bowed am I utterly, all the day going in mourning.

⁷My loins are filled with burning, and in my flesh is no soundness.

⁸I am utterly crushed and numb; I cry louder than lion roars.

⁹Lord, you know all that I long for, my groans are not hidden from you.

¹⁰My heart is throbbing, my strength has failed me. The light of my eyes— even it is gone from me.

¹¹My dear ones and friends keep aloof, and my neighbours stand afar off.

¹²They who aim at my life lay their snares, they who seek my hurt speak of ruin, nursing treachery all the day long.

¹³But I turn a deaf ear and hear not; like the dumb I open not my mouth.

¹⁴I am like one without hearing, with no arguments in my mouth.

¹⁵For my hope, O Lord, is in you. You will answer, O Lord my God,