Psalm 38

A Psalm of David, *to bring to remembrance. 1 O aLord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For bthine arrows stick fast in me, And cthy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is dno soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; Neither is there any †rest in emy bones because of my sin. 4 For fmine iniquities are gone over mine head: As an heavy burden they are too gheavy for me. 5 My hwounds stink and are corrupt Because of my foolishness. 6 I am †troubled; I am ibowed down greatly; kI go imourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: And there is dno soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and lsore broken: I have mroared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. 9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; And nmy groaning is not hid from thee. 10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: As for othe light of mine eyes, it also †is gone from me. 11 pMy lovers and my friends qstand aloof from my †sore; And ||my rkinsmen sstand afar off. 12 They 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. 13 But yI, as a deaf man, heard not; And I was zas a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. 14 yThus I was as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no areproofs. 15 For ||in thee, O Lord, do I hope: Thou wilt ||hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Hear me, blest otherwise they should rejoice over me: When cmy foot slippeth, they dmagnify themselves against me. 17 For I am eready †to halt, And my sorrow is continually before me. 18 For fI will declare mine iniquity; gI will be sorry for my sin. 19 But mine enemies †are hlively, and they are strong: And they that hate me iwrongfully are multiplied. 20 They also that krender evil for good lare mine adversaries; mBecause I follow the thing that good is. 21 Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, nbe not far from me. 22 Make haste †to help me, O Lord omy salvation.