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Psalms 38

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¹O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. ²For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore. ³There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. ⁴For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. ⁵My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness. ⁶I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. ⁷For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh. ⁸I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart. ⁹Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee. ¹⁰My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. ¹¹My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. ¹²They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long. ¹³But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. ¹⁴Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs. ¹⁵For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God. ¹⁶For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. ¹⁷For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. ¹⁸For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. ¹⁹But mine enemies are lively, and are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. ²⁰They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good. ²¹Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me. ²²Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.