Psalms 38

Prayer in Time of Chastening

A Psalm of David. #Ps. 70:titleTo bring to remembrance.

1O Lord, do not #Ps. 6:1rebuke me in Your wrath,

Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!

2For Your arrows pierce me deeply,

And Your hand presses me down.

3There is no soundness in my flesh

Because of Your anger,

Nor any health in my bones

Because of my sin.

4For my iniquities have gone over my head;

Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5My wounds are foul and festering

Because of my foolishness.

6I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly;

I go mourning all the day long.

7For my loins are full of inflammation,

And there is no soundness in my flesh.

8I am feeble and severely broken;

I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.

9Lord, all my desire is before You;

And my sighing is not hidden from You.

10My heart pants, my strength fails me;

As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.

11My loved ones and my friends #Ps. 31:11; 88:18stand aloof from my plague,

And my relatives stand afar off.

12Those also who seek my life lay snares for me;

Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction,

And plan deception all the day long.

13But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;

And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.

14Thus I am like a man who does not hear,

And in whose mouth is no response.

15For in You, O Lord, #(Ps. 39:7)I hope;

You will hear, O Lord my God.

16For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me,

Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.”

17#Ps. 51:3For I am ready to fall,

And my sorrow is continually before me.

18For I will #Ps. 32:5declare my iniquity;

I will be #(2 Cor. 7:9, 10)in anguish over my sin.

19But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong;

And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.

20Those also #Ps. 35:12who render evil for good,

They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.

21Do not forsake me, O Lord;

O my God, #Ps. 22:19; 35:22be not far from me!

22Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my salvation!

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