Psalms 38
Prayer Of A Suffering Penitent
A Psalm Of David To Bring To Remembrance
Audio Reading • Kings James Version
Psalms 38Prayer Of A Suffering Penitent
A Psalm Of David To Bring To Remembrance
King James Version
1 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath:
neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me,and thy hand presseth me sore.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh
because of thine anger;
neither is there any rest in my bones
because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head:neither is there any rest in my bones
because of my sin.
as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds stink and are corruptbecause of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease:and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and sore broken:I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee;
and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me:as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore;
and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me:and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things,
and imagine deceits all the day long.
and imagine deceits all the day long.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not;
and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not,and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in thee, O Lord, do I hope:
thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me:when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I am ready to halt,
and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity;I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong:and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries;because I follow the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O Lord:
O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me,O Lord my salvation.
Do Not Forsake Me O Lord
