Psalm 38:11–22
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;t
my neighbors stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,u
those who would harm me talk of my ruin;v
all day long they scheme and lie.w
13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,x
like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 I have become like one who does not hear,
whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 Lord, I waity for you;
you will answer,z Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Do not let them gloata
or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”b
17 For I am about to fall,c
and my paind is ever with me.
18 I confess my iniquity;e
I am troubled by my sin.
19 Many have become my enemiesf without causeb;
those who hate meg without reasonh are numerous.
20 Those who repay my good with evili
lodge accusationsj against me,
though I seek only to do what is good.
21 Lord, do not forsake me;k
do not be farl from me, my God.
my Lord and my Savior.o