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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 Literal Standard Version</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><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" src="../topmenuchap/psalms/38-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSV</a> > Psalm 38</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/37.htm" title="Psalm 37">◄</a> Psalm 38 <a href="../psalms/39.htm" title="Psalm 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Literal Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/psalms/38-1.htm#aramaic" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>A PSALM OF DAVID. “TO CAUSE TO REMEMBER.” YHWH, do not reprove me in Your wrath, "" Nor discipline me in Your fury.<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>For Your arrows have come down on me, "" And You let down Your hand on me.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Soundness is not in my flesh, "" Because of Your indignation, "" Peace is not in my bones, "" Because of my sin.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>For my iniquities have passed over my head, "" As a heavy burden—too heavy for me.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Stunk—my wounds have become corrupt, "" Because of my folly.<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I have been bent down, "" I have been bowed down—to excess, "" I have gone mourning all the day.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>For my flanks have been full of drought, "" And soundness is not in my flesh.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I have been feeble and struck—to excess, "" I have roared from disquietude of heart.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Lord, all my desire [is] before You, "" And my sighing has not been hid from You.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>My heart [is] panting, my power has forsaken me, "" And the light of my eyes, "" Even they are not with me.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>My lovers and my friends stand aloof from before my plague. And my neighbors have stood far off.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And those seeking my soul lay a snare, "" And those seeking my evil "" Have spoken mischievous things, "" And they meditate [on] deceits all the day.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And I, as deaf, do not hear. And as a mute one who does not open his mouth.<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Indeed, I am as a man who does not hear, "" And in his mouth are no reproofs.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Because for You, O YHWH, I have waited, "" You answer, O Lord my God.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When I said, “Lest they rejoice over me, "" In the slipping of my foot they magnified themselves against me.”<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For I am ready to halt, "" And my pain [is] continually before me.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>For I declare my iniquity, "" I am sorry for my sin.<p> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>And my enemies [are] lively, "" They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, "" Have been multiplied.<p> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>And those paying evil for good accuse me, "" Because of my pursuing good.<p> <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Do not forsake me, O YHWH, "" My God, do not be far from me,<p> <A name=""></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/psalms/38-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Hurry to help me, O Lord, my salvation!<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Literal Standard Version<br>Copyright © 2022 by Covenant Press. 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