| 38 | Psalms | ||
| Prayer in Distress. Psalm 38(v37) | |||
| 1 | O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath! | ||
| 2 | For thy arrows have sunk into me, and thy hand has come down on me. | ||
| 3 | There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. | ||
| 4 | For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me. | ||
| 5 | My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness, | ||
| 6 | I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning. | ||
| 7 | For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. | ||
| 8 | I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart. | ||
| 9 | Lord, all my longing is known to thee, my sighing is not hidden from thee. | ||
| 10 | My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes - it also has gone from me. | ||
| 11 | My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off. | ||
| 12 | Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long. | ||
| 13 | But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth. | ||
| 14 | Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes. | ||
| 15 | But for thee, O LORD, do I wait; it is thou, O LORD my God, who wilt answer. | ||
| 16 | For I pray, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!" | ||
| 17 | For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me. | ||
| 18 | I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin. | ||
| 19 | Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully. | ||
| 20 | Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good. | ||
| 21 | Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me! | ||
| 22 | Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! | ||
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