OEBcth - Psalms - 38

38:1  Reprove me not, Lord, in your anger, and chasten me not in your wrath;

38:2  for your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand lies heavy upon me.

38:3  In my flesh is no soundness because of your anger, no health in my bones, because of my sin.

38:4  For that my guilt is gone over my head: it weighs like a burden too heavy for me.

38:5  My wounds stink and fester, for my foolishness I am tormented.

38:6  Bent and bowed am I utterly, all the day going in mourning.

38:7  My loins are filled with burning, and in my flesh is no soundness.

38:8  I am utterly crushed and numb; I cry louder than lion roars.

38:9  Lord, you know all that I long for, my groans are not hidden from you.

38:10  My heart is throbbing, my strength has failed me. The light of my eyes--- even it is gone from me.

38:11  My dear ones and friends keep aloof, and my neighbours stand afar off.

38:12  They who aim at my life lay their snares, they who seek my hurt speak of ruin, nursing treachery all the day long.

38:13  But I turn a deaf ear and hear not; like the dumb I open not my mouth.

38:14  I am like one without hearing, with no arguments in their mouth.

38:15  For my hope, O Lord, is in you. You will answer, O Lord my God,

38:16  when I utter the hope that those who made scorn of my tottering feet may not rejoice over me.

38:17  For I am ready to fall, my pain forsakes me never.

38:18  I acknowledge my guilt, I am anxious because of my sin:

38:19  My wanton assailants are strong, those who wrongfully hate me are many,

38:20  who render me evil for good, and oppose me, because I make good my goal.

38:21  Do not forsake me, O Lord; my God, be not far from me.

38:22  Hasten to help me, O Lord my saviour.