38:1  A Psalm by David, for a memorial. Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, Neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

38:2  For your arrows have pierced me, Your hand presses hard on me.

38:3  There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

38:4  For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

38:5  My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

38:6  I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.

38:7  For my loins are filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.

38:8  I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.

38:9  Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.

38:10  My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

38:11  My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.

38:12  They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all day long.

38:13  But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.

38:14  Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, In whose mouth are no reproofs.

38:15  For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God.

38:16  For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, Or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

38:17  For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.

38:18  For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.

38:19  But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.

38:20  They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, Because I follow what is good.

38:21  Don't forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don't be far from me.

38:22  Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.