Old Testament · BSB
Psalms 38
Berean Standard Bible · 22 verses
- A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
- There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
- For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
- My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
- I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
- For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
- I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
- O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
- My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
- My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
- Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
- But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
- I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
- I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
- For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
- For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
- Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
- Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
- Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
- Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
- Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.