Psalm 38

PSALM 38

Do Not Forsake Me, O Yahweh

A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.

¹O Yahweh, ^areprove me not in Your wrath,

And discipline me not in Your burning anger.

²For Your ^aarrows have pressed deep into me,

And ^bYour hand has pressed down upon me.

³There is ^ano soundness in my flesh ^bbecause of Your indignation;

There is no health ^cin my bones because of my sin.

⁴For my ^ainiquities go over my head;

As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

⁵My ¹wounds stink and rot

Because of ^amy ²folly.

⁶I am bent over and ^agreatly bowed down;

I ^bgo mourning all day long.

⁷For my loins are filled with ^aburning,

And there is ^bno soundness in my flesh.

⁸I am ^afaint and ¹badly crushed;

I ^2bgroan because of the ³agitation of my heart.

⁹Lord, all ^amy desire is ¹before You;

And my ^bsighing is not hidden from You.

¹⁰My heart throbs, ^amy strength forsakes me;

And the ^blight of my eyes, even ¹that ²has gone from me.

¹¹My ^1aloved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;

And my kinsmen ^bstand afar off.

¹²Those who ^asearch for my life ^blay snares for me;

And those who ^cseek ¹to do me evil have ²threatened destruction,

And they ^dmeditate on deception all day long.

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

And I am like a ^amute man who does not open his mouth.

¹⁴And I am like a man who does not hear,

And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

¹⁵For ^aI ¹wait on You, O Yahweh;

You ^bwill answer, O Lord my God.

¹⁶For I said, “Save, lest they be glad over me,

Who, when my foot stumbles, ^amagnify themselves against me.”

¹⁷For I am ^aready to fall,

And ^bmy ¹sorrow is continually before me.

¹⁸For I ^1aconfess my iniquity;

I am full of ^banxiety because of my sin.

¹⁹But my ^aenemies are vigorous and ¹strong,

And those who wrongfully ^bhate me abound.

²⁰And those who ^arepay evil for good,

They ^baccuse me, for I pursue what is good.

²¹Do not forsake me, O Yahweh;

O my God, ^ado not be far from me!

²²Make ^ahaste to help me,

O Lord, ^bmy salvation!