Psalms 38:1 (ASV)
O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Psalms 38:2 (ASV)
For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.

Psalms 38:3 (ASV)
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

Psalms 38:4 (ASV)
For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Psalms 38:5 (ASV)
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

Psalms 38:6 (ASV)
I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

Psalms 38:7 (ASV)
For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.

Psalms 38:8 (ASV)
I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

Psalms 38:9 (ASV)
Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.

Psalms 38:10 (ASV)
My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

Psalms 38:11 (ASV)
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.

Psalms 38:12 (ASV)
They also that seek after my life lay snares `for me'; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

Psalms 38:13 (ASV)
But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

Psalms 38:14 (ASV)
Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

Psalms 38:15 (ASV)
For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

Psalms 38:16 (ASV)
For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

Psalms 38:17 (ASV)
For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

Psalms 38:18 (ASV)
For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

Psalms 38:19 (ASV)
But mine enemies are lively, `and' are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

Psalms 38:20 (ASV)
They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

Psalms 38:21 (ASV)
Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.

Psalms 38:22 (ASV)
Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
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