Psalms 38:6-21

⁶I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day.

⁷For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

⁸I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart.

⁹Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee.

¹⁰My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.

¹¹My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

¹²And they that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.

¹³But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

¹⁴Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

¹⁵For in thee, Jehovah, do I hope: thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

¹⁶For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified themselves against me.

¹⁷For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me.

¹⁸For I will declare mine iniquity, I am grieved for my sin.

¹⁹But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied:

²⁰And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.

²¹Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me.