Psalms 38:2-14

²(38-3) For Thine arrows are gone deep into me, and Thy hand is come down upon me.

³(38-4) There is no soundness in my flesh because of Thine indignation; neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

⁴(38-5) For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

⁵(38-6) My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness.

⁶(38-7) I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day.

⁷(38-8) For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.

⁸(38-9) I am benumbed and sore crushed; I groan by reason of the moaning of my heart.

⁹(38-10) Lord, all my desire is before Thee; and my sighing is not hid from Thee.

¹⁰(38-11) My heart fluttereth, my strength faileth me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

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

¹²(38-13) They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak crafty devices, and utter deceits all the day.

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

¹⁴(38-15) Yea, I am become as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no arguments.