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A petition.</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="name">Lord</span>, do not rebuke me in your anger</p><p class="line2">or discipline me in your wrath.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Your arrows have pierced me,</p><p class="line2">and your hand has come down on me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Because of your wrath there is no health in my body;</p><p class="line2">there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>My guilt has overwhelmed me</p><p class="line2">like a burden too heavy to bear.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>My wounds fester and are loathsome</p><p class="line2">because of my sinful folly.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I am bowed down and brought very low;</p><p class="line2">all day long I go about mourning.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>My back is filled with searing pain;</p><p class="line2">there is no health in my body.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I am feeble and utterly crushed;</p><p class="line2">I groan in anguish of heart.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>All my longings lie open before you, Lord;</p><p class="line2">my sighing is not hidden from you.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>My heart pounds, my strength fails me;</p><p class="line2">even the light has gone from my eyes.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;</p><p class="line2">my neighbors stay far away.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Those who want to kill me set their traps,</p><p class="line2">those who would harm me talk of my ruin;</p><p class="line2">all day long they scheme and lie.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,</p><p class="line2">like the mute, who cannot speak;</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I have become like one who does not hear,</p><p class="line2">whose mouth can offer no reply.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="name">Lord</span>, I wait for you;</p><p class="line2">you will answer, Lord my God.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For I said, “Do not let them gloat</p><p class="line2">or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>For I am about to fall,</p><p class="line2">and my pain is ever with me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>I confess my iniquity;</p><p class="line2">I am troubled by my sin.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Many have become my enemies without cause <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="One Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript; Masoretic Text my vigorous enemies">b</a></sup></span> ;</p><p class="line2">those who hate me without reason are numerous.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Those who repay my good with evil</p><p class="line2">lodge accusations against me,</p><p class="line2">though I seek only to do what is good.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span><span class="name">Lord</span>, do not forsake me;</p><p class="line2">do not be far from me, my God.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/psalms/38-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Come quickly to help me,</p><p class="line2">my Lord and my Savior.</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> <span class="footnotebot">In Hebrew texts 38:1-22 is numbered 38:2-23.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotebot">One Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript; Masoretic Text <i>my vigorous enemies</i></span><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><p class="ntext"><a href="http://niv.scripturetext.com/version.htm">New International Version</a> (NIV)</p><p class="ntext2">Holy Bible, New International Version&reg, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com">Biblica, Inc.</a>® Used by permission. 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