Psalm 38 | Liturgical Calendar

1

O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; *

do not punish me in your wrath.

2

For your arrows have already pierced me, *

and your hand presses hard upon me.

3

There is no health in my flesh,

because of your indignation; *

there is no soundness in my body, because of my sin.

4

For my iniquities overwhelm me; *

like a heavy burden they are too much for me to bear.

5

My wounds stink and fester *

by reason of my foolishness.

6

I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; *

I go about in mourning all the day long.

7

My loins are filled with searing pain; *

there is no health in my body.

8

I am utterly numb and crushed; *

I wail, because of the groaning of my heart.

9

O Lord, you know all my desires, *

and my sighing is not hidden from you.

10

My heart is pounding, my strength has failed me, *

and the brightness of my eyes is gone from me.

11

My friends and companions draw back from my affliction; *

my neighbors stand afar off.

12

Those who seek after my life lay snares for me; *

those who strive to hurt me speak of my ruin

and plot treachery all the day long.

13

But I am like the deaf who do not hear, *

like those who are mute and do not open their mouth.

14

I have become like one who does not hear *

and from whose mouth comes no defense.

15

For in you, O Lord, have I fixed my hope; *

you will answer me, O Lord my God.

16

For I said, “Do not let them rejoice at my expense, *

those who gloat over me when my foot slips.”

17

Truly, I am on the verge of falling, *

and my pain is always with me.

18

I will confess my iniquity *

and be sorry for my sin.

19

Those who are my enemies without cause are mighty, *

and many in number are those who wrongfully hate me.

20

Those who repay evil for good slander me, *

because I follow the course that is right.

21

O Lord, do not forsake me; *

be not far from me, O my God.

22

Make haste to help me, *

O Lord of my salvation.