Psalm 38:1-Psalm 39:1 - Prayer Of A Suffering Sinner

¹ A Davidic psalm for remembrance.Lord, do not punish me in Your anger
or discipline me in Your wrath.
² For Your arrows have sunk into me,
and Your hand has pressed down on me.

³ There is no health in my body
because of Your indignation;
there is no strength in my bones
because of my sin.
⁴ For my sins have flooded over my head;
they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.
⁵ My wounds are foul and festering
because of my foolishness.
⁶ I am bent over and brought low;
all day long I go around in mourning.
⁷ For my loins are full of burning pain,
and there is no health in my body.
⁸ I am faint and severely crushed;
I groan because of the anguish of my heart.

⁹ Lord, my every desire is known to You;
my sighing is not hidden from You.
¹⁰ My heart races, my strength leaves me,
and even the light of my eyes has faded.
¹¹ My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,
and my relatives stand at a distance.
¹² Those who seek my life set traps,
and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;
they plot treachery all day long.

¹³ I am like a deaf person; I do not hear.
I am like a speechless person
who does not open his mouth.
¹⁴ I am like a man who does not hear
and has no arguments in his mouth.
¹⁵ I put my hope in You, Lord;
You will answer, Lord my God.
¹⁶ For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me—
those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.”
¹⁷ For I am about to fall,
and my pain is constantly with me.
¹⁸ So I confess my guilt;
I am anxious because of my sin.
¹⁹ But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;
many hate me for no reason.
²⁰ Those who repay evil for good
attack me for pursuing good.

²¹ Lord, do not abandon me;
my God, do not be far from me.
²² Hurry to help me,
Lord, my Savior.

¹ For the choir director, for Jeduthun. A Davidic psalm.I said, “I will guard my ways
so that I may not sin with my tongue;
I will guard my mouth with a muzzle
as long as the wicked are in my presence.”