Psalm 38

Do Not Forsake Me, O Lord

38A Psalm of David, ^lfor the memorial offering.

¹O Lord, ^mrebuke me not in your anger,

nor discipline me in your wrath!

²For your ⁿarrows have sunk into me,

and your hand ^ohas come down on me.

³There is ^pno soundness in my flesh

because of your indignation;

there is no health in my ^qbones

because of my sin.

⁴For my ^riniquities have gone over my head;

like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

⁵My wounds stink and fester

because of my foolishness,

⁶I am ^sutterly bowed down and ^tprostrate;

all the day I ^ugo about mourning.

⁷For my sides are filled with burning,

and there is ^pno soundness in my flesh.

⁸I am feeble and crushed;

I ^vgroan because of the tumult of my heart.

⁹O Lord, all my longing is before you;

my ^wsighing is not hidden from you.

¹⁰My heart throbs; my strength fails me,

and ^xthe light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.

¹¹My ^yfriends and companions ^zstand aloof from my ^aplague,

and my nearest kin ^bstand far off.

¹²Those who seek my life ^clay their snares;

those who seek my hurt ^dspeak of ruin

and meditate ^etreachery all day long.

¹³But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,

like ^fa mute man who does not open his mouth.

¹⁴I have become like a man who does not hear,

and in whose mouth are no ^grebukes.

¹⁵But for ^hyou, O Lord, do I wait;

it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.

¹⁶For I said, “Only ⁱlet them not rejoice over me,

who ^jboast against me when my ^kfoot slips!”

¹⁷For I am ^lready to fall,

and my pain is ever before me.

¹⁸I ^mconfess my iniquity;

I am ⁿsorry for my sin.

¹⁹But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty,

and many are those who hate me ^owrongfully.

²⁰Those who ^prender me evil for good

^qaccuse me because I ^rfollow after good.

²¹Do not forsake me, O Lord!

O my God, be not ^sfar from me!

^22tMake haste to help me,

O Lord, my ^usalvation!