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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 ESV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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" 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class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, rebuke me not in your anger,</span><br /><span class="indent">nor discipline me in your wrath!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For your arrows have sunk into me,</span><br /><span class="indent">and your hand has come down on me.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">There is no soundness in my flesh</span><br /><span class="indent">because of your indignation;</span><br /><span class="ln-group">there is no health in my bones</span><br /><span class="indent">because of my sin.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For my iniquities have gone over my head;</span><br /><span class="indent">like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My wounds stink and fester</span><br /><span class="indent">because of my foolishness,</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;</span><br /><span class="indent">all the day I go about mourning.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For my sides are filled with burning,</span><br /><span class="indent">and there is no soundness in my flesh.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I am feeble and crushed;</span><br /><span class="indent">I groan because of the tumult of my heart.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">O Lord, all my longing is before you;</span><br /><span class="indent">my sighing is not hidden from you.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My heart throbs; my strength fails me,</span><br /><span class="indent">and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague,</span><br /><span class="indent">and my nearest kin stand far off.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Those who seek my life lay their snares;</span><br /><span class="indent">those who seek my hurt speak of ruin</span><br /><span class="indent">and meditate treachery all day long.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,</span><br /><span class="indent">like a mute man who does not open his mouth.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I have become like a man who does not hear,</span><br /><span class="indent">and in whose mouth are no rebukes.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But for you, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>, do I wait;</span><br /><span class="indent">it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me,</span><br /><span class="indent">who boast against me when my foot slips!”</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">For I am ready to fall,</span><br /><span class="indent">and my pain is ever before me.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">I confess my iniquity;</span><br /><span class="indent">I am sorry for my sin.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty,</span><br /><span class="indent">and many are those who hate me wrongfully.</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Those who render me evil for good</span><br /><span class="indent">accuse me because I follow after good.</span></p> <p class="line-group"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Do not forsake me, O <span class="divine-name">Lord</span>!</span><br /><span class="indent">O my God, be not far from me!</span><br /> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span><span class="ln-group">Make haste to help me,</span><br /><span class="indent">O Lord, my salvation!</span></p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">ESV Text Edition® (2016).<br /><br />The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by <a href="http://www.crossway.org/home/esv/">Crossway Bibles</a>, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. 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