1 LORD! Do not rebuke me in your anger; do not correct me in your wrath, ISV — Psalm 38:1
2 because your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand has come down hard on me. ISV — Psalm 38:2
3 My body is unhealthy due to your anger, and my bones have no rest due to my sin. ISV — Psalm 38:3
4 My iniquities loom over my head; like a cumbersome burden, they are too heavy for me. ISV — Psalm 38:4
5 My wounds have putrefied and festered because of my foolishness. ISV — Psalm 38:5
6 I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning. ISV — Psalm 38:6
7 My insides a38:7 Lit. loins are burning and my body is unhealthy. ISV — Psalm 38:7
8 I am weak and utterly crushed; I cry out in distress because of my heart’s anguish. ISV — Psalm 38:8
9 Lord, all my longings are before you, and my groaning is not hidden from you. ISV — Psalm 38:9
10 My heart pounds, my strength fails me, even the gleam in my eye is gone. ISV — Psalm 38:10
11 As for my friends and my neighbors, they stand aloof from my distress; even my close relatives stand at a distance. ISV — Psalm 38:11
12 Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning. ISV — Psalm 38:12
13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, and like the mute, who cannot open his mouth. ISV — Psalm 38:13
14 Indeed, I have become like a man who hears nothing, and in whose mouth there is no rebuke. ISV — Psalm 38:14
15 Because I have placed my hope in you, LORD, you will answer, Lord, my God. ISV — Psalm 38:15
16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat over me, as they congratulate themselves when my foot slips.” ISV — Psalm 38:16
17 Indeed, I am being set up for a fall, and I am continuously reminded of my pain. ISV — Psalm 38:17
18 I confess my iniquity, and my sin troubles me. ISV — Psalm 38:18
19 But my enemies are alive and well; b38:19 So MT LXX; DSS 4QPs lack this line those who hate me c38:19 So MT LXX; DSS 4QPs read Those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous. d38:19 DSS 4QPs read numerous, and many are those who hate me by deceiving me; cf. Ps 35:19; 69:5 ISV — Psalm 38:19
20 They e38:20 So LXX DSS 4QPs; MT reads And they reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good. f38:20 So MT; DSS 4QPs read evil plunder me instead of a good thing ISV — Psalm 38:20
21 Don’t forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be so distant from me. ISV — Psalm 38:21
22 Come quickly and help me, Lord, my deliverer. ISV — Psalm 38:22