Psalms - Chapter 38 | Good News Translation

  • 1. O LORD, don't punish me in your anger!
  • 2. You have wounded me with your arrows; you have struck me down.
  • 3. Because of your anger, I am in great pain; my whole body is diseased because of my sins.
  • 4. I am drowning in the flood of my sins; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
  • 5. Because I have been foolish, my sores stink and rot.
  • 6. I am bent over, I am crushed; I mourn all day long.
  • 7. I am burning with fever and I am near death.
  • 8. I am worn out and utterly crushed; my heart is troubled, and I groan with pain.
  • 9. O Lord, you know what I long for; you hear all my groans.
  • 10. My heart is pounding, my strength is gone, and my eyes have lost their brightness.
  • 11. My friends and neighbors will not come near me, because of my sores; even my family keeps away from me.
  • 12. Those who want to kill me lay traps for me, and those who want to hurt me threaten to ruin me; they never stop plotting against me.
  • 13. I am like the deaf and cannot hear, like the dumb and cannot speak.
  • 14. I am like those who do not answer, because they cannot hear.
  • 15. But I trust in you, O LORD; and you, O Lord my God, will answer me.
  • 16. Don't let my enemies gloat over my distress; don't let them boast about my downfall!
  • 17. I am about to fall and am in constant pain.
  • 18. I confess my sins; they fill me with anxiety.
  • 19. My enemies are healthy and strong; there are many who hate me for no reason.
  • 20. Those who pay back evil for good are against me because I try to do right.
  • 21. Do not abandon me, O LORD; do not stay away, my God!
  • 22. Help me now, O Lord my savior!
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