Psalm 38_1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Prayer of a Suffering Sinner

A psalm of David to bring remembrance.

¹ Lord, do not punish me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

² For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has pressed down on me.

³ There is no soundness in my body because of your indignation; there is no health  in my bones because of my sin.

⁴ For my iniquities have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.

⁵ My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness.

⁶ I am bent over and brought very low; all day long I go around in mourning.

⁷ For my insides are full of burning pain, and there is no soundness in my body.

⁸ I am faint and severely crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart.

⁹ Lord, my every desire is in front of you; my sighing is not hidden from you.

¹⁰ My heart races, my strength leaves me, and even the light of my eyes has faded.  ,

¹¹ My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction, and my relatives stand at a distance.

¹² Those who intend to kill me set traps, and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me; they plot treachery all day long.

¹³ I am like a deaf person; I do not hear. I am like a speechless person who does not open his mouth.

¹⁴ I am like a man who does not hear and has no arguments in his mouth.

¹⁵ For I put my hope in you, Lord; you will answer me, my Lord, my God.

¹⁶ For I said, ‘Don’t let them rejoice over me – those who are arrogant towards me when I stumble.’

¹⁷ For I am about to fall, and my pain is constantly with me.

¹⁸ So I confess my iniquity; I am anxious because of my sin.

¹⁹ But my enemies are vigorous and powerful; many hate me for no reason.

²⁰ Those who repay evil for good attack me for pursuing good.

²¹ Lord, do not abandon me; my God, do not be far from me.

²² Hurry to help me, my Lord, my salvation.