PSALM 38
A Psalm of David, to bring to
remembrance.
1 O LORD,
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 anger; neither is
there any resta in my bones because of my sin. 4 For
mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy
for me. 5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my
foolishness. 6 I am troubledb; I am bowed down
greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are
filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my
flesh. 8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared 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
panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is
gonec
from me. 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sored;
and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12They also
that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt
speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that
openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not,
and in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O LORD,
do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Hear
me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot
slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. 17 For I am
ready to halte, 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 they are strong: and they that
hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 20 They also that render evil
for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. 22
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
The Holy Bible
King James Version
The Holy Bible : King James Version. 1995. Oak
Harbor, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc.
a
rest: Heb. peace, or, health
b
troubled: Heb. wried
c
is gone...: Heb. is not with me
d
sore: Heb. stroke
e
to halt: Heb. for halting
