Psalms 38 : 1 (HCSB)
*A Davidic psalm for remembrance. LORD, do not punish me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
Psalms 38 : 2 (HCSB)
For Your arrows have sunk into me, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
Psalms 38 : 3 (HCSB)
There is no soundness in my body because of Your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
Psalms 38 : 4 (HCSB)
For my sins have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.
Psalms 38 : 5 (HCSB)
My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.
Psalms 38 : 6 (HCSB)
I am bent over and brought low; all day long I go around in mourning.
Psalms 38 : 7 (HCSB)
For my loins are full of burning pain, and there is no health in my body.
Psalms 38 : 8 (HCSB)
I am faint and severely crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart.
Psalms 38 : 9 (HCSB)
Lord, my every desire is known to You; my sighing is not hidden from You.
Psalms 38 : 10 (HCSB)
My heart races, my strength leaves me, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
Psalms 38 : 11 (HCSB)
My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction, and my relatives stand at a distance.
Psalms 38 : 12 (HCSB)
Those who seek my life set traps, and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me; they plot treachery all day long.
Psalms 38 : 13 (HCSB)
I am like a deaf person; I do not hear. I am like a speechless person who does not open his mouth.
Psalms 38 : 14 (HCSB)
I am like a man who does not hear and has no arguments in his mouth.
Psalms 38 : 15 (HCSB)
I put my hope in You, LORD; You will answer, Lord my God.
Psalms 38 : 16 (HCSB)
For I said, "Don't let them rejoice over me-- those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble."
Psalms 38 : 17 (HCSB)
For I am about to fall, and my pain is constantly with me.
Psalms 38 : 18 (HCSB)
So I confess my guilt; I am anxious because of my sin.
Psalms 38 : 19 (HCSB)
But my enemies are vigorous and powerful; many hate me for no reason.
Psalms 38 : 20 (HCSB)
Those who repay evil for good attack me for pursuing good.
Psalms 38 : 21 (HCSB)
LORD, do not abandon me; my God, do not be far from me.
Psalms 38 : 22 (HCSB)
Hurry to help me, Lord, my Savior.
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