38:1 [A Psalm of David, for a memorial.]
LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
And do not punish me in Your burning anger.
38:2 For Your arrows have sunk deep into me,
And Your hand has pressed down on me.
38:3 There is no healthy part in my flesh because of Your indignation;
There is no health in my bones because of my sin.
38:4 For my guilty deeds have gone over my head;
Like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
38:5 My ①wounds grow foul and fester
Because of my foolishness.
▷ ①Or stripes
38:6 I am bent over and greatly bowed down;
I go in mourning all day long.
38:7 For my ①sides are filled with burning,
And there is no healthy part in my flesh.
▷ ①Lit loins
38:8 I feel faint and ①badly crushed;
I ②groan because of the ③agitation of my heart.
▷ ①Or greatly ②Lit roar ③Lit growling
38:9 Lord, all my desire is ①before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
▷ ①Or known to You
38:10 My heart throbs, my strength fails me;
And the light of my eyes, even ①that ②has gone from me.
▷ ①Lit they have ②Lit is not with me
38:11 My ①loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen stand far away.
▷ ①Or lovers
38:12 Those who seek my life lay snares for me;
And those who seek to injure me have ①threatened destruction,
And they plot deception all day long.
▷ ①Lit spoken
38:13 But I, like a person who is deaf, do not hear;
And I am like a person who cannot speak, who does not open his mouth.
38:14 Yes, I am like a person who does not hear,
And in whose mouth are no arguments.
38:15 For I wait for You, LORD;
You will answer, Lord my God.
38:16 For I said, “May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, would exalt themselves over me.”
38:17 For I am ready to fall,
And my ①sorrow is continually before me.
▷ ①Lit pain
38:18 For I admit my guilt;
I am full of anxiety because of my sin.
38:19 But my enemies are vigorous and ①strong,
And those who wrongfully hate me are many.
▷ ①Or numerous
38:20 And those who repay evil for good,
They become my enemies, because I follow what is good.
38:21 Do not abandon me, LORD;
My God, do not be far from me!
38:22 Hurry to help me,
Lord, my salvation!