O LORD,
rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot
displeasure.
38:2
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me
sore.
38:3
[There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger;
neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.
38:4
For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy
burden they are too heavy for me.
38:5
My wounds stink [and] are corrupt because of my
foolishness.
38:6
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all
the day long.
38:7
For my loins are filled with a loathsome [disease]: and
[there is] no soundness in my flesh.
38:8
I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the
disquietness of my heart.
38:9
Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is
not hid from thee.
38:10
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light
of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
38:11
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my
kinsmen stand afar off.
38:12
They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]: and
they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine
deceits all the day long.
38:13
But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb
man [that] openeth not his mouth.
38:14
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth
[are] no reproofs.
38:15
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my
God.
38:16
For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should
rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify
[themselves] against me.
38:17
For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually
before me.
38:18
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my
sin.
38:19
But mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and
they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
38:20
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries;
because I follow [the thing that] good [is].
38:21
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
38:22
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
