Psalms 38 · Clearspring

A Psalm of David, for remembrance.

Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger

¹O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.+ ²For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.+ ³There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.+ ⁴For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.+ ⁵My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.+ ⁶I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.+ ⁷For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.+ ⁸I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.+ ⁹O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.+ ¹⁰My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.+ ¹¹My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.+ ¹²Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.+ ¹³But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.+ ¹⁴I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.+ ¹⁵I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.+ ¹⁶For I said, “Let them not gloat over me — those who taunt me when my foot slips.”+ ¹⁷For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.+ ¹⁸Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.+ ¹⁹Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.+ ²⁰Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.+ ²¹Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.+ ²²Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.+

Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger

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