Psalm 38
Do Not Forsake Me, O Lord
A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering.
1
O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath!
2
For your arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand has come down on me.
3
There is no soundness in my flesh
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my bones
because of my sin.
4
For my iniquities have gone over my head;
like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5
My wounds stink and fester
because of my foolishness,
6
I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;
all the day I go about mourning.
7
For my sides are filled with burning,
and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8
I am feeble and crushed;
I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
9
O Lord, all my longing is before you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.
10
My heart throbs; my strength fails me,
and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
11
My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague,
and my nearest kin stand far off.
12
Those who seek my life lay their snares;
those who seek my hurt speak of ruin
and meditate treachery all day long.
13
But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,
like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14
I have become like a man who does not hear,
and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
15
But for you, O Lord, do I wait;
it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
16
For I said, "Only let them not rejoice over me,
who boast against me when my foot slips!"
17
For I am ready to fall,
and my pain is ever before me.
18
I confess my iniquity;
I am sorry for my sin.
19
But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty,
and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
20
Those who render me evil for good
accuse me because I follow after good.
21
Do not forsake me, O Lord!
O my God, be not far from me!
22
Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation!
Psalm 38
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.
