Psalms 38

CAB(i) 1 A Psalm of David for remembrance concerning the Sabbath day. O Lord, rebuke me not in Your wrath, neither chasten me in Your anger. 2 For Your weapons are fixed in me, and You have pressed Your hand heavily upon me. 3 For there is no health in my flesh because of Your anger; there is no peace to my bones because of my sins. 4 For my transgressions have gone over my head; they have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden. 5 My wounds have become foul and corrupt, because of my foolishness. 6 I have been wretched and bowed down continually; I went with a mourning countenance all the day. 7 For my soul is filled with mockings; and there is no health in my flesh. 8 I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly; I have roared for the groaning of my heart. 9 But all my desire is before You; and my groaning is not hidden from You. 10 My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me; and the light of my eyes is not with me. 11 My friends and my neighbors drew near before me, and stood sill; and my nearest of kin stood afar off. 12 While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul; and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day. 13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and was as a dumb man not opening his mouth. 14 And I was as a man that hears not, and who has no reproofs in his mouth. 15 For I hoped in You, O Lord; You will hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, Lest my enemies rejoice against me; for when my feet were moved, they spoke boastfully against me. 17 For I am ready for plagues, and my grief is continually before me. 18 For I will declare my iniquity, and be distressed for my sin. 19 But my enemies live, and are mightier than I; and they that hate me unjustly are multiplied. 20 They that reward evil for good slandered me; because I followed righteousness. 21 Forsake me not, O Lord my God; depart not from me. 22 Draw near to my help, O Lord of my salvation.