Psalm 38:1–14

1 O Lord, arebuke me not in Your wrath,

And chasten me not in Your burning anger.

2 For Your aarrows have sunk deep into me,

And bYour hand has pressed down on me.

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

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

4 For my ainiquities are gone over my head;

As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

5 My 1wounds grow foul and fester

Because of amy folly.

6 I am bent over and agreatly bowed down;

I bgo mourning all day long.

7 For my loins are filled with aburning,

And there is bno soundness in my flesh.

8 I am abenumbed and 1badly crushed;

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

9 Lord, all amy desire is 1before You;

And my bsighing is not hidden from You.

10 My heart throbs, amy strength fails me;

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

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

And my kinsmen bstand afar off.

12 Those who aseek my life blay snares for me;

And those who cseek to injure me have 1threatened destruction,

And they ddevise treachery all day long.

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

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

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

And in whose mouth are no arguments.