Psalms 38:1-9

¹Yahweh, when you are angry with me, do not rebuke/scold me and punish me!

²Now it is as though you have shot your arrows at me and wounded me; you have struck me and knocked me down.

³Because you have been angry with me, I am suffering great pain. Because of my sin, my whole body is diseased.

⁴All my sins are like a flood that covers my head; they are like a load that is very heavy, with the result that I cannot carry it.

⁵Because I have done foolish things, I have sores that have become worse, and they stink.

⁶Sometimes I am bent over, and sometimes I lie prostrate; I am sad/cry all day.

⁷My body is burning with fever, and I am very ill.

⁸I am completely exhausted, and I have no strength. I am very distressed, and I groan with pain.

⁹Yahweh, you know that I desire to be healed; you hear me while I am groaning.