NRSV Psalms 38 Chapter
38:1
O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger, or discipline me in your wrath.
38:2
For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.
38:3
There is no soundness in my flesh because of your 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 day long I go around 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
O Lord, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you.
38:10
My heart throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes-- it also has gone from me.
38:11
My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction, and my neighbors stand far off.
38:12
Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek to hurt me speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all day long.
38:13
But I am like the deaf, I do not hear; like the mute, who cannot speak.
38:14
Truly, I am like one who does not hear, and in whose mouth is no retort.
38:15
But it is for you, O LORD, that I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
38:16
For I pray, "Only do not let them rejoice over me, those 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, do not be far from me;
38:22
make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.