Noyes - Psalms - 38

38:1  O LORD! rebuke me not in thy wrath, Nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure!

38:2  For thine arrows have deeply pierced me, And thy hand hath been heavy upon me.

38:3  There is no soundness in my flesh, because of thine anger; Nor rest in my bones, because of my sin.

38:4  For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden, they are more than I can bear.

38:5  My wounds putrefy and are loathsome on account of my folly.

38:6  I am bent; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

38:7  For my loins are full of burning heat, And there is no soundness in my flesh.

38:8  I am weakened and bruised exceedingly; I roar by reason of the disquietude of my heart.

38:9  O Lord! thou knowest all my desire, And my groaning is not hidden from thee!

38:10  My heart panteth; my strength faileth me; The very light of my eyes is gone from me.

38:11  My friends and acquaintance keep aloof from my woe, And my kinsmen stand afar off:

38:12  While they who seek my life lay snares for me; They who seek my hurt threaten destruction, And meditate deceit all the day long.

38:13  But I, like a deaf man, hear not; And, like a dumb man, open not my mouth.

38:14  I am like one who heareth nothing, And in whose mouth is no reply.

38:15  For in thee, O LORD! do I put my trust; Thou wilt hear, O Lord, my God!

38:16  For I have prayed, "Let them not rejoice over me; Let them not exult at the slipping of my feet!"

38:17  For I am ready to fall, And my pain doth never leave me;

38:18  For I confess my iniquity, And am troubled on account of my sin.

38:19  But my enemies flourish and are strong; They who hate me without cause are multiplied.

38:20  They who repay good with evil are my enemies, Because I follow that which is good.

38:21  Forsake me not, O LORD! O my God! be not far from me!

38:22  Make hast to mine aid, O Lord, my salvation!