THE *BOOK OF
PSALMS.

Psalm 38 ©

David, being heavily visited with sickness or some other great calamity, relates and bemoans his woeful condition caused by his sins; prays with great anguish unto God for forgiveness, favor and help, laying before Him the unfaithfulness of his friends and cruelty of his enemies.

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A Psalm of David, to 1bring to remembrance.

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Oa LORD, 2rebuke me not in thy 3wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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For thine 4arrows 5stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

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There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any 6rest in my bones because of my sin.

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For mine iniquities 7are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

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My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my 8foolishness.

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I am 9troubled; I am bowed down greatly; Ib go 10mourning all the day long.

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For my loins are filled with a 11loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

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I am feeble and sore broken: I have 12roared by reason of the 13disquietness of my heart.

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Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

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My heart 14panteth, my 15strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, 16it also is gone from me.

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My lovers and my friends stand 17aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

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18They also that seek after 19my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak 20mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

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But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

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Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no 21reproofs.

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For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

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For I 22said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they 23magnify themselves against me.

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24For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

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Forc I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

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But mine enemies are 25lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are 26multiplied.

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They also that render evil for good are mine 27adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

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Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

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Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.