Psalm 38

Do Not Forsake Me, O Yahweh

A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.

1O Yahweh, reprove me not in Your wrath,

And discipline me not in Your burning anger.

2For Your arrows have pressed deep into me,

And Your hand has pressed down upon 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 go over my head;

As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

5My #38:5 Or stripeswounds stink and rot

Because of my #38:5 A lack of wisdom due to negligence or carelessness; the activity of an ignorant foolfolly.

6I am bent over and greatly bowed down;

I go mourning all day long.

7For my loins are filled with burning,

And there is no soundness in my flesh.

8I am faint and #38:8 Or greatlybadly crushed;

I #38:8 Lit roargroan because of the #38:8 Lit growlingagitation of my heart.

9¶Lord, all my desire is #38:9 Or known to Youbefore You;

And my sighing is not hidden from You.

10My heart throbs, my strength forsakes me;

And the light of my eyes, even #38:10 Lit they havethat #38:10 Lit is not with mehas gone from me.

11My #38:11 Or loversloved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;

And my kinsmen stand afar off.

12Those who search for my life lay snares for me;

And those who seek #38:12 Or my calamityto do me evil have #38:12 Lit spokenthreatened destruction,

And they meditate on deception all day long.

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

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

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

And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15For I #38:15 Or hope forwait on You, O Yahweh;

You will answer, O Lord my God.

16For I said, “Save, lest they be glad over me,

Who, when my foot stumbles, magnify themselves against me.”

17For I am ready to fall,

And my #38:17 Lit painsorrow is continually before me.

18For I #38:18 Or declareconfess my iniquity;

I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

19But my enemies are vigorous and #38:19 Or numerousstrong,

And those who wrongfully hate me abound.

20And those who repay evil for good,

They accuse me, for I pursue what is good.

21Do not forsake me, O Yahweh;

O my God, do not be far from me!

22Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my salvation!

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