Psalm 38
Do Not Forsake Me, O Yahweh
38A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.
O Yahweh, areprove me not in Your wrath,And discipline me not in Your burning anger.2For Your aarrows have pressed deep into me,And bYour hand has pressed down upon me.3There is ano soundness in my flesh bbecause of Your indignation;There is no health cin my bones because of my sin.4For my ainiquities go over my head;As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.5My 1wounds stink and rotBecause of amy 2folly.6I am bent over and agreatly bowed down;I bgo mourning all day long.7For my loins are filled with aburning,And there is bno soundness in my flesh.8I am afaint and 1badly crushed;I 2,bgroan because of the 3agitation of my heart.9Lord, all amy desire is 1before You;And my bsighing is not hidden from You.10My heart throbs, amy strength forsakes me;And the blight of my eyes, even 1that 2has gone from me.11My 1,aloved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;And my kinsmen bstand afar off.12Those who asearch for my life blay snares for me;And those who cseek 1to do me evil have 2threatened destruction,And they dmeditate on deception all day long.13But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;And I am like a amute man who does not open his mouth.14And I am like a man who does not hear,And in whose mouth are no reproofs.15For aI 1wait on You, O Yahweh;You bwill answer, O Lord my God.16For I said, “Save, lest they be glad over me,Who, when my foot stumbles, amagnify themselves against me.”17For I am aready to fall,And bmy 1sorrow is continually before me.18For I 1,aconfess my iniquity;I am full of banxiety because of my sin.19But my aenemies are vigorous and 1strong,And those who wrongfully bhate me abound.20And those who arepay evil for good,They baccuse me, for I pursue what is good.21Do not forsake me, O Yahweh;O my God, ado not be far from me!22Make ahaste to help me,O Lord, bmy salvation!