Psalm

38 O Jehovah, do not in your indignation reprove me,+

Nor in your rage correct me.+

 2 For your own arrows have sunk themselves deep into me,+

And upon me your hand is come down.+

 3 There is no sound spot in my flesh because of your denunciation.+

There is no peace in my bones on account of my sin.+

 4 For my own errors have passed over my head;+

Like a heavy load they are too heavy for me.+

 5 My wounds have become stinky, they have festered,

Because of my foolishness.+

 6 I have become disconcerted, I have bowed low to an extreme degree;+

All day long I have walked about sad.+

 7 For my very loins have become full of burning,

And there is no sound spot in my flesh.+

 8 I have grown numb and become crushed to an extreme degree;

I have roared due to the groaning of my heart.+

 9 O Jehovah,* in front of you is all my desire,

And from you my sighing itself has not been concealed.+

10 My own heart has palpitated heavily, my power has left me,

And the light of my own eyes also is not with me.+

11 As for my lovers* and my companions, they keep standing away from my plague,+

And my close acquaintances themselves have stood off at a distance.+

12 But those seeking my soul lay out traps,+

And those working for a calamity to me have spoken of adversities,+

And deceptions they keep muttering all day long.+

13 As for me, like someone deaf, I would not listen;+

And like someone speechless, I would not open my mouth.+

14 And I came to be like a man that was not hearing,

And in my mouth there were no counterarguments.

15 For on you, O Jehovah, I waited;+

You yourself proceeded to answer, O Jehovah* my God.+

16 For I said: “Otherwise they would rejoice at me;+

When my foot moved unsteadily,+ they would certainly assume great airs against me.”+

17 For I was ready to limp,+

And my pain was in front of me constantly.+

18 For I proceeded to tell about my own error;+

I began to be anxious over my sin.+

19 And my enemies who are alive became mighty,+

And those hating me for no reason became many.+

20 And they were rewarding me with bad for good;+

They kept resisting me* in return for my pursuing what is good.+

21 Do not leave me, O Jehovah.

O my God, do not keep far away from me.+

22 Do make haste to my assistance,+

O Jehovah* my salvation.+