RSV Psalms 38 Chapter
38:1
A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath!
38:2
For thy arrows have sunk into me, and thy hand has come down on me.
38:3
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation;there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
38:4
For my iniquities have gone over my head;they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.
38:5
My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness,
38:6
I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;all the day I go about mourning.
38:7
For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
38:8
I am utterly spent and crushed;I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
38:9
Lord, all my longing is known to thee, my sighing is not hidden from thee.
38:10
My heart throbs, my strength fails me;and the light of my eyes -- it also has gone from me.
38:11
My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
38:12
Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.
38:13
But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.
38:14
Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
38:15
But for thee, O LORD, do I wait;it is thou, O LORD my God, who wilt answer.
38:16
For I pray, 'Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!'
38:17
For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
38:18
I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.
38:19
Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
38:20
Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.
38:21
Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!
38:22
Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!