Psalms 38

¹O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger

²For Your arrows have pierced me deeply,

³There is no soundness in my body

⁴For my iniquities have overwhelmed me;

⁵My wounds are foul and festering

⁶I am bent and brought low;

⁷For my loins are full of burning pain,

⁸I am numb and badly crushed;

⁹O Lord, my every desire is before You;

¹⁰My heart pounds, my strength fails,

¹¹My beloved and friends shun my disease,

¹²Those who seek my life lay snares;

¹³But like a deaf man, I do not hear;

¹⁴I am like a man who cannot hear,

¹⁵I wait for You, O LORD;

¹⁶For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—

¹⁷For I am ready to fall,

¹⁸Yes, I confess my iniquity;

¹⁹Many are my enemies without cause,38:19 One DSS manuscript; MT My enemies are vigorous and strong

²⁰Those who repay my good with evil

²¹Do not forsake me, O LORD;

²²Come quickly to help me,