Psalms 38

₁O LORD, don't punish me in your anger!

₂You have wounded me with your arrows;

you have struck me down.

₃Because of your anger, I am in great pain;

my whole body is diseased because of my sins.

₄I am drowning in the flood of my sins;

they are a burden too heavy to bear.

₅Because I have been foolish,

my sores stink and rot.

₆I am bowed down, I am crushed;

I mourn all day long.

₇I am burning with fever

and I am near to death.

₈I am worn out and utterly crushed;

my heart is troubled, and I groan with pain.

₉O Lord, you know what I long for;

you hear all my groans.

₁₀My heart is pounding, my strength is gone,

and my eyes have lost their brightness.

₁₁My friends and neighbours will not come near me,

because of my sores;

even my family keeps away from me.

₁₂Those who want to kill me lay traps for me,

and those who want to hurt me threaten to ruin me;

they never stop plotting against me.

₁₃I am like the deaf and cannot hear,

like the dumb and cannot speak.

₁₄I am like those who do not answer,

because they cannot hear.

₁₅But I trust in you, O LORD;

and you, O Lord my God, will answer me.

₁₆Don't let my enemies gloat over my distress;

don't let them boast about my downfall!

₁₇I am about to fall

and am in constant pain.

₁₈I confess my sins;

they fill me with anxiety.

₁₉My enemies are healthy and strong;

there are many who hate me for no reason.

₂₀Those who pay back evil for good

are against me because I try to do right.

₂₁Do not abandon me, O LORD;

do not stay away, my God!

₂₂Help me now, O Lord my saviour!