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          DASV: Psalm 38    

A psalm of David, for remembrance

1 O LORD, rebuke me not in your wrath,
     or discipline me in your rage.
2 For your arrows pierce me,
      and your hand has come down on me.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your anger;
      there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my sins overwhelm my head,
      as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5 My wounds are infected and stink,
     because of my foolish sins.
6 I am bent over and totally bowed down;
     I go around crying all day long.
7 For my sides are filled with fever;
     there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am faint and severely bruised;
     I groan because of the moaning of my heart.

9 Lord, all my desire lies open before you,
     and my groaning is not hid from you.
10 My heart throbs, my strength fails me;
     the light of my eyes is gone from me.
11 My loved ones and friends stay away because of my disease,
     and my close neighbors stand afar off.
12 Those who seek my life lay snares for me,
     and those who seek my harm speak of ruin,
           and plot treachery all the day long.
13 But I am like the deaf, who cannot hear;
     I am like the mute who cannot speak.
14 I am like one who does not hear,
     and in whose mouth there is no defense.
15 For you, O LORD, I expectantly wait.
     You will answer, O Lord my God.
16 For I prayed, "Do not let them rejoice over me,
     or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
17 For I am on the verge of stumbling,
     and I am in constant pain.
18 For I will confess my iniquity;
     I am sorry for my sin.
19 But my enemies are healthy and strong;
     those who hate me for no reason are multiplied.
20 Those who repay evil for good are my opponents,
     because I pursue the good.

21 Do not abandon me, O LORD;
     O my God, do not stay far away from me.
22 Hurry to help me, O Lord, my salvation.

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