Psalms 38 · Clearspring

A Psalm of David, for remembrance.

Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger

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.+

Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger

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