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The Book of Psalms 38

A psalm written by David, asking God not to forget him

38 Yahweh, when you are angry with me,

do not rebuke me and punish me!

2 Now it is as though you have shot your arrows at me and wounded me;

it is as though you have struck me and knocked me down.

3 Because you have been angry with me,

I am suffering great pain.

Because of my sin,

my whole body is diseased.

4 All my sins are like a flood that covers my head;

they are like a load that is very heavy; I cannot carry them.

5 Because I have done foolish things,

I have sores that have become worse, and they stink.

6 Sometimes I am bent over, and sometimes I lie prostrate;

I mourn all day.

7 My body is burning with fever,

and I am very ill.

8 I am completely exhausted, and I have no strength.

I am very distressed in my inner being, and I groan with pain.

9 Yahweh, you know that I desire you to heal me;

you hear me while I am groaning.

10 My heart pounds heavily, and all my strength is gone.

I am no longer able to see well.

11 My friends and neighbors stay away from me because of my sores;

even my own family stays far from me.

12 Those who want to kill me set traps to catch me;

those who want to harm me discuss the ways that they can get rid of me;

they plot against me all day.

13 Now I act like a deaf man and do not listen to what they say.

I act like a man who cannot talk, and I say nothing to reply to them.

14 I act like a man who does not answer when people talk to him

because he cannot hear anything.

15 But Yahweh, I trust in you.

My Lord God, you will answer me.

16 I said to you, “Do not cause me to die so that my enemies will rejoice!

If troubles overwhelm me, my enemies will do very bad things to me!”

17 I say that because I am about to fall down,

and I constantly have pain.

18 I confess the wrong things that I have done;

I am very sorry for the sins that I have committed.

19 My enemies are healthy and strong;

there are many people who hate me for no reason.

20 Those who do evil things to me in return for my doing good things to them

oppose me because I try to do what is right.

21 Yahweh, do not abandon me!

My God, do not stay far from me!

22 Lord, you are the one who saves me;

Quickly come and help me!