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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Psalm 38 GNT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/psalms/38.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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39">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Good News Translation</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s">The Prayer of a Sufferer<a href="#fn" id="link_Ps.38.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </h3><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_1"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.1" class="v19_38_1">1</span>O <span class="nd">Lord</span>, don't punish me in your anger!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_2"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.2" class="v19_38_2">2</span>You have wounded me with your arrows;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_2">you have struck me down.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_3"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.3" class="v19_38_3">3</span>Because of your anger, I am in great pain;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_3">my whole body is diseased because of my sins.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_4"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.4" class="v19_38_4">4</span>I am drowning in the flood of my sins;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_4">they are a burden too heavy to bear.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_5"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.5" class="v19_38_5">5</span>Because I have been foolish,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_5">my sores stink and rot.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_6"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.6" class="v19_38_6">6</span>I am bent over, I am crushed;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_6">I mourn all day long.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_7"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.7" class="v19_38_7">7</span>I am burning with fever</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_7">and I am near death.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_8"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.8" class="v19_38_8">8</span>I am worn out and utterly crushed;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_8">my heart is troubled, and I groan with pain.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_9"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.9" class="v19_38_9">9</span>O Lord, you know what I long for;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_9">you hear all my groans.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_10"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.10" class="v19_38_10">10</span>My heart is pounding, my strength is gone,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_10">and my eyes have lost their brightness.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_11"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.11" class="v19_38_11">11</span>My friends and neighbors will not come near me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_11">because of my sores;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_11">even my family keeps away from me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_12"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.12" class="v19_38_12">12</span>Those who want to kill me lay traps for me,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_12">and those who want to hurt me threaten to ruin me;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_12">they never stop plotting against me.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_13"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.13" class="v19_38_13">13</span>I am like the deaf and cannot hear,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_13">like the dumb and cannot speak.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_14"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.14" class="v19_38_14">14</span>I am like those who do not answer,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_14">because they cannot hear.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_15"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.15" class="v19_38_15">15</span>But I trust in you, O <span class="nd">Lord</span>;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_15">and you, O Lord my God, will answer me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_16"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.16" class="v19_38_16">16</span>Don't let my enemies gloat over my distress;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_16">don't let them boast about my downfall!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_17"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.17" class="v19_38_17">17</span>I am about to fall</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_17">and am in constant pain.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_18"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.18" class="v19_38_18">18</span>I confess my sins;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_18">they fill me with anxiety.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_19"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.19" class="v19_38_19">19</span>My enemies are healthy and strong;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_19">there are many who hate me for no reason.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_20"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.20" class="v19_38_20">20</span>Those who pay back evil for good</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_20">are against me because I try to do right.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_21"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.21" class="v19_38_21">21</span>Do not abandon me, O <span class="nd">Lord</span>;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v19_38_21">do not stay away, my God!</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v19_38_22"><span class="reftext" id="Ps.38.22" class="v19_38_22">22</span>Help me now, O Lord my savior!</span></p><a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">HEBREW TITLE: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">A psalm by David; a lament.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Good News Translation® (Today’s English Version, Second Edition)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 1992 American Bible 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