Psalmen 38

¹ O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. ² For thine arrows stick fast in me, __a__FOOTNOTE__a__ Psalm 38:2 Hebrew lighted on me. __b__FOOTNOTE__b__ presseth me sore. ³ There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; health in my bones because of my sin. ⁴ For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. ⁵ My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness. ⁶ I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. ⁷ For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh. ⁸ I am faint and sore bruised: groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart. ⁹ Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee. ¹⁰ My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. ¹¹ My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. ¹² They also that seek after my life lay snares for me ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long. ¹³ But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. ¹⁴ Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, reproofs. ¹⁵ For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God. ¹⁶ For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. ¹⁷ For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. ¹⁸ For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. ¹⁹ But mine enemies are lively, and are strong; wrongfully are multiplied. ²⁰ They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good. ²¹ Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me. ²² Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.