Thematic Bible
Psalm 38:1 (show verse)
LORD! Do not rebuke me in your anger; do not correct me in your wrath,
Psalm 38:2 (show verse)
because your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand has come down hard on me.
Psalm 38:3 (show verse)
My body is unhealthy due to your anger, and my bones have no rest due to my sin.
Psalm 38:4 (show verse)
My iniquities loom over my head; like a cumbersome burden, they are too heavy for me.
Psalm 38:5 (show verse)
My wounds have putrefied and festered because of my foolishness.
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Psalm 38:6 (show verse)
I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning.
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Psalm 38:7 (show verse)
My insides are burning and my body is unhealthy.
Psalm 38:8 (show verse)
I am weak and utterly crushed; I cry out in distress because of my heart's anguish.
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Psalm 38:9 (show verse)
Lord, all my longings are before you, and my groaning is not hidden from you.
Psalm 38:10 (show verse)
My heart pounds, my strength fails me, even the gleam in my eye is gone.
Psalm 38:11 (show verse)
As for my friends and my neighbors, they stand aloof from my distress; even my close relatives stand at a distance.
Psalm 38:12 (show verse)
Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning.
Psalm 38:13 (show verse)
I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, and like the mute, who cannot open his mouth.
Psalm 38:14 (show verse)
Indeed, I have become like a man who hears nothing, and in whose mouth there is no rebuke.
Psalm 38:15 (show verse)
Because I have placed my hope in you, LORD, you will answer, Lord, my God.
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Psalm 38:16 (show verse)
For I said, "Do not let them gloat over me, as they congratulate themselves when my foot slips."
Psalm 38:17 (show verse)
Indeed, I am being set up for a fall, and I am continuously reminded of my pain.
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Psalm 38:18 (show verse)
I confess my iniquity, and my sin troubles me.
Psalm 38:19 (show verse)
But my enemies are alive and well; those who hate me for no reason are numerous.
Psalm 38:20 (show verse)
They reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good.
Psalm 38:21 (show verse)
Don't forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be so distant from me.
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Psalm 38:22 (show verse)
Come quickly and help me, Lord, my deliverer. To the Director: To Jeduthun. A Davidic Psalm.
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