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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38
A Burden Too Heavy for Me
1A psalm of David, for a memorial.
2Adonai, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
3For Your arrows have sunk deep into me and Your hand has pressed down on me.
4There is no health in my flesh because of Your indignation. There is no wholeness in my bones because of my sin.
5For my iniquities are on my head— like a burden too heavy for me.
6My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.
7I am bent over, bowed down greatly. All day I walk about in mourning.
8For my heart is filled with burning pain, and there is no health in my body.
9I am numb and utterly crushed. I groan because of anguish in my heart.
10My Lord, all my longing is before You, and my sighing is not hidden from You.
11My heart pounds, my strength fails me. The light of my eyes—also, not with me.
12My friends and my companions stay away from my wound, and my kinsmen stand far off.
13They who seek my life set traps. Those who seek my hurt threaten destruction, uttering lies all day.
14But I, like someone deaf, hear nothing, like a mute, not opening his mouth.
15Yes, I am like one who cannot hear, whose mouth has no arguments.
16But I wait for You, Adonai— You will answer, O Lord my God.
17For I said: “Don’t let them gloat over me or exalt themselves over me, when my foot slips.”
18For I am about to fall, and my pain is before me constantly.
19So I confess my guilt. I am troubled because of my sin.
20My lively enemies are numerous. Many hate me wrongfully.
21Those who repay evil for good oppose me because I pursue what is good.
22Do not forsake me, Adonai. O my God, be not far from me.
23Hurry to my aid, my Lord, my salvation.
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