Psalm 38

1 {a psalm of david, to bring to remembrance } 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 as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me 5 my wounds stink and are corrupt because 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 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