Psalms 38
38
A Groan before the Throne
A poetic lament to remember, by King David # 38 The Septuagint has in the inscription “To be remembered on the Sabbath.”
1O Lord, don’t punish me angrily for what I’ve done.
Don’t let my sin inflame your wrath against me.
2For the arrows of your conviction have pierced me deeply.
Your blows have struck my soul and crushed me.
3Now my body is sick.
My health is totally broken because of your anger,
and it’s all due to my sins!
4I’m overwhelmed, swamped, and submerged
beneath the heavy burden of my guilt.
It clings to me and won’t let me go.
5My rotting wounds are a witness against me.
They are severe and getting worse,
reminding me of my failure and folly.
6I am completely broken because of what I’ve done.
Gloom is all around me.
My sins have bent me over to the ground.
7-8My inner being is shriveled up;
my self-confidence crushed.
Sick with fever, I’m left exhausted.
Now I’m as cold as a corpse, and nothing is left inside me
but great groaning filled with anguish.
9Lord, you know all my desires and deepest longings.
My tears are liquid words, and you can read them all.
10-11My heart beats wildly, my strength is sapped,
and the light of my eyes is going out.
My friends stay far away from me, avoiding me like the plague.
Even my family wants nothing to do with me.
12Meanwhile my enemies are out to kill me,
plotting my ruin, speaking of my doom
as they spend every waking moment
planning how to finish me off.
13-14I’m like a deaf man who no longer hears.
I can’t even speak up, and words fail me;
I have no argument to counter their threats.
15Lord, the only thing I can do is wait and put my hope in you.
I wait for your help, my God.
16So hear my cry and put an end to their strutting in pride,
to those who gloat when I stumble in pain.
17I’m slipping away and on the verge of a breakdown,
with nothing but sorrow and sighing. # 38:17 The Septuagint reads “I am prepared for all of their whips—prepared to suffer.”
18I confess all my sin to you; I can’t hold it in any longer.
My agonizing thoughts punish me for my wrongdoing;
I feel condemned as I consider all I’ve done.
19My enemies are many.
They hate me and persecute me,
though I’ve done nothing against them to deserve it.
20I show goodness to them and get paid evil in return.
And they hate me even more when I stand for what is right.
21So don’t forsake me now, Lord!
Don’t leave me in this condition.
22God, hurry to help me. Run to my rescue!
For you’re my Savior and my only hope!
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PSALM 38
Prayer in Time of Discipline.
A Psalm of David; to bring to remembrance.
1O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
Nor discipline me in Your burning anger.
2For Your arrows have sunk into me and penetrate deeply,
And Your hand has pressed down on me and greatly disciplined me.
3There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;
There is no health in my bones because of my sin.
4For my iniquities have gone over my head [like the waves of a flood];
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
5My wounds are loathsome and foul
Because of my foolishness.
6I am bent over and greatly bowed down;
I go about mourning all day long.
7For my sides are filled with burning,
And there is no health in my flesh.
8I am numb and greatly bruised [deadly cold and completely worn out];
I groan because of the disquiet and moaning of my heart.
9Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
10My heart throbs violently, my strength fails me;
And as for the light of my eyes, even that has also gone from me.
11My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my neighbors stand far away.
12Those who seek my life lay snares for me,
And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;
They devise treachery all the day long.
13But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,
In whose mouth are no arguments.
15For in You, O Lord, I hope;
You will answer, O Lord my God.
16For I pray, “May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, would boast against me.”
17For I am ready to fall;
My sorrow is continually before me.
18For I do confess my guilt and iniquity;
I am filled with anxiety because of my sin.
19But my [numerous] enemies are vigorous and strong,
And those who hate me without cause are many.
20They repay evil for good, they attack and try to kill me,
Because I follow what is good.
21Do not abandon me, O Lord;
O my God, do not be far from me.
22Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my Salvation.
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