[[Psalm 37|<< Psalm 37]] | [[Psalms|Psalms]] | [[Psalm 39|Psalm 39 >>]] ### Psalm 38 > A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. 1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. ^1 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presses me sore. ^2 3 _There_ _is_ no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither _is_ _there_ _any_ rest in my bones because of my sin. ^3 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. ^4 5 My wounds stink _and_ are corrupt because of my foolishness. ^5 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. ^6 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome _disease:_ and _there_ _is_ no soundness in my flesh. ^7 8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. ^8 9 Lord, all my desire _is_ before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. ^9 10 My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. ^10 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. ^11 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. ^12 13 But I, as a deaf _man_, heard not; and _I_ _was_ as a dumb man _that_ opens not his mouth. ^13 14 Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth _are_ no reproofs. ^14 15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. ^15 16 For I said, _Hear_ _me_, lest _otherwise_ they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify _themselves_ against me. ^16 17 For I _am_ ready to halt, and my sorrow _is_ continually before me. ^17 18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. ^18 19 But mine enemies _are_ lively, _and_ they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. ^19 20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow _the_ _thing_ _that_ good _is_. ^20 21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. ^21 22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. ^22