Psalms

38 0 A Psalm of David, ^ato bring to remembrance.

1 O LORD, ^brebuke me not in thy wrath: neither ^*chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2 For ^cthine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me ^*sore.

3 There is ^dno soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any ¹rest in my bones because of my sin.

4 For ^emine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5 My ^fwounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

6 I ^gam ²troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go ^hmourning all the day long.

7 For ⁱmy loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 I ^jam feeble and ^*sore broken: ^kI have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

9 Lord, ^lall my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

10 My ^mheart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also ³is gone from me.

11 My ⁿlovers and my friends stand aloof from my ⁴sore; and my ⁵kinsmen stand afar off.

12 They ^oalso that seek after my life ^play snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

13 But ^qI, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no ^rreproofs.

15 For ^sin thee, O LORD, ⁶do I hope: thou wilt ⁷hear, O Lord my God.

16 For ^tI said, Hear me, ^ulest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

17 For ^vI am ready ⁸to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

18 For ^wI will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

19 But ^xmine enemies ⁹are ^*lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me ^ywrongfully are multiplied.

20 They ^zalso that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

21 ^aForsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

22 Make ^bhaste ¹⁰to help me, O Lord my salvation.