Psalmen 38

1. ¹A Psalm of David, to make memorial.
2. ²O LORD, rebuke me not in Thine anger; neither chasten me in Thy wrath.
3. ³For Thine arrows are gone deep into me, and Thy hand is come down upon me.
4. ⁴There is no soundness in my flesh because of Thine indignation; neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
5. ⁵For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
6. ⁶My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness.
7. ⁷I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day.
8. ⁸For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.
9. ⁹I am benumbed and sore crushed; I groan by reason of the moaning of my heart.
10. ¹⁰Lord, all my desire is before Thee; and my sighing is not hid from Thee.
11. ¹¹My heart fluttereth, my strength faileth me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
12. ¹²My friends and my companions stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
13. ¹³They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak crafty devices, and utter deceits all the day.
14. ¹⁴But I am as a deaf man, I hear not; and I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
15. ¹⁵Yea, I am become as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no arguments.
16. ¹⁶For in Thee, O LORD, do I hope; Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
17. ¹⁷For I said: 'Lest they rejoice over me; when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.'
18. ¹⁸For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me.
19. ¹⁹For I do declare mine iniquity; I am full of care because of my sin.
20. ²⁰But mine enemies are strong in health; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
21. ²¹They also that repay evil for good are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
22. ²²Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me.
23. ²³Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.

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