Psalm 38

1Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your indignation, nor discipline me in your burning anger.

2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand bears down upon me.

3There is no wholeness in my flesh because of your wrath; there is no well-being in my bones because of my sin.

4For my iniquities have overtaken my head; like a heavy burden, they weigh too much upon me.

5My wounds stink and fester because of my folly.

6I am stooped and bowed down exceedingly; all day long I go mourning.

7For my loins are filled with loathsomeness, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8I am faint and crushed exceedingly; I have roared from the roaring of my heart.

9Lord, all my desire stands before you, and my groaning is not concealed from you.

10My heart palpitates, my strength has forsaken me, and the light of my eyes—even they—are no longer with me.

11My lovers and companions stand at a distance from my wound; my near ones stand far away.

12Those seeking my life lay snares, and those seeking my harm speak calamities and mutter deceits all day long.

13But I am like a deaf man who does not hear and like a mute who does not open his mouth.

14I was like a man who does not hear, with no reproofs in his mouth.

15For in you, Yahweh, I hope; you will answer, my Lord my God.

16For I said, lest they rejoice over me when my foot slips—they magnify themselves against me.

17For I am ready to stumble, and my grief is always before me.

18For I confess my iniquity; I grieve over my sin.

19But my enemies are vigorous and strong, and those who hate me falsely have multiplied.

20Those who repay good with evil oppose me, because I pursue good.

21Do not forsake me, Yahweh my God; do not be far from me.

22Hasten to my help, Lord my salvation.