Psalm 38

Psalm XXXVIII.

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

O ^aLord, rebuke me not in thy wrath:

Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

²For ^bthine arrows stick fast in me,

And ^cthy hand presseth me sore.

³There is ^dno soundness in my flesh because of thine anger;

Neither is there any rest in ^emy bones because of my sin.

⁴For ^fmine iniquities are gone over mine head:

As a heavy burden they are too ^gheavy for me.

⁵My ^hwounds stink and are corrupt

Because of my foolishness.

⁶I am troubled; I am ⁱbowed down greatly;

^kI go ⁱmourning all the day long.

⁷For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease:

And there is ^dno soundness in my flesh.

⁸I am feeble and ^lsore broken:

I have ^mroared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

⁹Lord, all my desire is before thee;

And ⁿmy groaning is not hid from thee.

¹⁰My heart panteth, my strength faileth me:

As for ^othe light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

^11pMy lovers and my friends ^qstand aloof from my sore;

And my ^rkinsmen ^sstand afar off.

¹²They also that seek after my life ^tlay snares for me:

And they that seek my hurt ^tspeak ^umischievous things,

And imagine ^xdeceits all the day long.

¹³But ^yI, as a deaf man, heard not;

And I was ^zas a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

^14yThus I was as a man that heareth not,

And in whose mouth are no ^areproofs.

¹⁵For in thee, O Lord, do I hope:

Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

¹⁶For I said, Hear me, ^blest otherwise they should rejoice over me:

When ^cmy foot slippeth, they ^dmagnify themselves against me.

¹⁷For I am ^eready to halt,

And my sorrow is continually before me.

¹⁸For ^fI will declare mine iniquity;

^gI will be sorry for my sin.

¹⁹But mine enemies are ^hlively, and they are strong:

And they that hate me ⁱwrongfully are multiplied.

²⁰They also that ^krender evil for good ^lare mine adversaries;

^mBecause I follow the thing that good is.

²¹Forsake me not, O Lord:

O my God, ⁿbe not far from me.

²²Make haste to help me,

O Lord ^omy salvation.