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 of a Suffering Sinner
A psalm of David to bring remembrance.#Ps 70
1 Lord, do not punish me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.#Ps 6:1; Jr 10:24
2For your arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand has pressed down on me.#Jb 6:4; Ps 32:4
3There is no soundness in my body
because of your indignation;
there is no health#38:3 Hb shalom in my bones
because of my sin.#Jb 33:19; Ps 31:10; 102:10
4For my iniquities have flooded over my head;
they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.#Ezr 9:6; Ps 40:12
5My wounds are foul and festering
because of my foolishness.#Is 1:6
6I am bent over and brought very low;
all day long I go around in mourning.#Ps 35:14
7For my insides are full of burning pain,
and there is no soundness in my body.#Ps 38:3; Lm 1:13
8I am faint and severely crushed;
I groan because of the anguish of my heart.#Jb 3:24; Ps 6:6; 32:3; Lm 2:11
9Lord, my every desire is in front of you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.#Ps 10:17
10My heart races, my strength leaves me,
and even the light of my eyes has faded.#38:10 Or and the light of my eyes — even that is not with me#Ps 6:7; 69:3; 88:9
11My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,
and my relatives stand at a distance.#Jb 19:13–20; Ps 31:11; 88:18
12Those who intend to kill me set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.#Ps 35:4,20; 54:3; 140:5
13I am like a deaf person; I do not hear.
I am like a speechless person
who does not open his mouth.#Ps 39:2,9
14I am like a man who does not hear
and has no arguments in his mouth.#Jb 23:4
15For I put my hope in you, Lord;
you will answer me, my Lord, my God.#Ps 17:6; 39:7
16For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me —
those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.”#Ps 13:4; 35:26
17For I am about to fall,
and my pain is constantly with me.#Ps 13:2; 35:15
18So I confess my iniquity;
I am anxious because of my sin.#Ps 32:5; 2Co 7:9–10
19But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;#38:19 Or numerous
many hate me for no reason.#Ps 18:17; 35:19
20Those who repay evil for good
attack me for pursuing good.#Ps 35:12; 109:5; 3Jn 11
21 Lord, do not abandon me;
my God, do not be far from me.#Ps 22:19; 35:22
22Hurry to help me,
my Lord, my salvation.#Ps 40:13,17
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