Psalms 38:6-18

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,

¹⁶when I utter the hope that those who made scorn of my tottering feet may not rejoice over me.

¹⁷For I am ready to fall, my pain forsakes me never.

¹⁸I acknowledge my guilt, I am anxious because of my sin: