1 A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory.

2 \38:1\O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.

3 \38:2\For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.

4 \38:3\My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.

5 \38:4\For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.

6 \38:5\My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.

7 \38:6\I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.

8 \38:7\For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.

9 \38:8\I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.

10 \38:9\Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you.

11 \38:10\My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.

12 \38:11\My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.

13 \38:12\Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.

14 \38:13\But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.

15 \38:14\So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.

16 \38:15\In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.

17 \38:16\I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.

18 \38:17\My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.

19 \38:18\I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.

20 \38:19\But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.

21 \38:20\They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.

22 \38:21\Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.

23 \38:22\Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation.

1 O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath;

Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2 For thine arrows stick fast in me,

And thy hand presseth me sore.

3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation;

Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head:

As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt,

Because of my foolishness.

6 I am pained and bowed down greatly;

I go mourning all the day long.

7 For my loins are filled with burning;

And there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am faint and sore bruised:

I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

9 Lord, all my desire is before thee;

And my groaning is not hid from thee.

10 My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me:

As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague;

And my kinsmen stand afar off.

12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me;

And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things,

And meditate deceits all the day long.

13 But I, as a deaf man, hear not;

And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14 Yea, I am as a man that heareth not,

And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15 For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope:

Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

16 For I said, Lest they rejoice over me:

When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

17 For I am ready to fall,

And my sorrow is continually before me.

18 For I will declare mine iniquity;

I will be sorry for my sin.

19 But mine enemies are lively, and are strong;

And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20 They also that render evil for good

Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

21 Forsake me not, O Jehovah:

O my God, be not far from me.

22 Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my salvation.