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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 bent over, I am crushed; I mourn all day long.

⁷I am burning with fever and I am near 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 neighbors 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 savior!