Psalms 38 / 150
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(Do Not Forsake Me, O Lord)A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering.
O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath!
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For your arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand has come down on me.
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There is no soundness in my flesh
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my bones
because of my sin.
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For my iniquities have gone over my head;
like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
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My wounds stink and fester
because of my foolishness,
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I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;
all the day I go about mourning.
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For my sides are filled with burning,
and there is no soundness in my flesh.
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I am feeble and crushed;
I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
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O Lord, all my longing is before you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.
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My heart throbs; my strength fails me,
and the light of my eyes--it also has gone from me.
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My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague,
and my nearest kin stand far off.
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Those who seek my life lay their snares;
those who seek my hurt speak of ruin
and meditate treachery all day long.
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But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,
like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
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I have become like a man who does not hear,
and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
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But for you, O Lord, do I wait;
it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
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For I said, "Only let them not rejoice over me,
who boast against me when my foot slips!"
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For I am ready to fall,
and my pain is ever before me.
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I confess my iniquity;
I am sorry for my sin.
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But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty,
and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
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Those who render me evil for good
accuse me because I follow after good.
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Do not forsake me, O Lord!
O my God, be not far from me!
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Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation!