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Psalms 38

Psalm 38

Prayer of a Suffering Penitent.

¹Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, And do not punish me in Your burning anger.

²For Your arrows have sunk deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down on me.

³There is no healthy part in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

⁴For my guilty deeds have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

⁵My wounds grow foul and fester Because of my foolishness.

⁶I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go in mourning all day long.

⁷For my sides are filled with burning, And there is no healthy part in my flesh.

⁸I feel faint and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart.

⁹¶Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You.

¹⁰My heart throbs, my strength fails me; And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.

¹¹My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand far away.

¹²Those who seek my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, And they plot deception all day long.

¹³¶But I, like a person who is deaf, do not hear; And I am like a person who cannot speak, who does not open his mouth.

¹⁴Yes, I am like a person who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no arguments.

¹⁵For I wait for You, Lord; You will answer, Lord my God.

¹⁶For I said, “May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would exalt themselves over me.”

¹⁷For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

¹⁸For I admit my guilt; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

¹⁹But my enemies are vigorous and strong, And those who wrongfully hate me are many.

²⁰And those who repay evil for good, They become my enemies, because I follow what is good.

²¹Do not abandon me, Lord; My God, do not be far from me!

²²Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation!

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