Psalm 38 (KJV)

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1O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.studyinterlinear

2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.studyinterlinear

3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.studyinterlinear

4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.studyinterlinear

5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.studyinterlinear

6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.studyinterlinear

7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.studyinterlinear

8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.studyinterlinear

9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.studyinterlinear

10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.studyinterlinear

11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.studyinterlinear

12They 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.studyinterlinear

13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.studyinterlinear

14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.studyinterlinear

15For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.studyinterlinear

16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.studyinterlinear

17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.studyinterlinear

18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.studyinterlinear

19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.studyinterlinear

20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.studyinterlinear

21Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.studyinterlinear

22Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.studyinterlinear