| 1 | (Psalm 38 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.)O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. |
| 2 | For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore. |
| 3 | There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. |
| 4 | For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. |
| 5 | My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness. |
| 6 | I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. |
| 7 | For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh. |
| 8 | I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart. |
| 9 | Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee. |
| 10 | My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. |
| 11 | My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. |
| 12 | They also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long. |
| 13 | But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. |
| 14 | Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs. |
| 15 | For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God. |
| 16 | For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. |
| 17 | For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. |
| 18 | For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. |
| 19 | But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. |
| 20 | They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good. |
| 21 | Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me. |
| 22 | Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. |
