Psalms 38
New International Version - Psalms 38 << | >> 123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142434445464748495051525354555657585960616263646566676869707172737475767778798081828384858687888990919293949596979899100101102103104105106107108109110111112113114115116117118119120121122123124125126127128129130131132133134135136137138139140141142143144145146147148149150 38:1 O Lord , do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. 38:2 For your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down upon me. 38:3 Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; my bones have no soundness because of my sin. 38:4 My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. 38:5 My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly. 38:6 I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning. 38:7 My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body. 38:8 I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart. 38:9 All my longings lie open before you, O Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you. 38:10 My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes. 38:11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away. 38:12 Those who seek my life set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they plot deception. 38:13 I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear, like a mute, who cannot open his mouth; 38:14 I have become like a man who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply. 38:15 I wait for you, O Lord ; you will answer, O Lord my God. 38:16 For I said, 'Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.' 38:17 For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me. 38:18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. 38:19 Many are those who are my vigorous enemies; those who hate me without reason are numerous. 38:20 Those who repay my good with evil slander me when I pursue what is good. 38:21 O Lord , do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God. 38:22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.