Thematic Bible

Psalm 38:1

O Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger or chastise me in your wrath.

Psalm 38:2

For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has pressed down on me.

Psalm 38:3

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation. There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

Psalm 38:4

For my iniquities have passed over my head; like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Psalm 38:5

My wounds start to stink; they rot because of my foolishness.
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Psalm 38:6

I am bowed down; I am bent over greatly. All the day I go about mourning.
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Psalm 38:7

For my loins are full [of] burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

Psalm 38:8

I am faint and crushed greatly; I groan because of the roaring of my heart.
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Psalm 38:9

O Lord, all my longing is before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you.

Psalm 38:10

My heart throbs violently, my strength leaves me; and the light of my eyes, that also is not with me.

Psalm 38:11

My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction, and my relatives stand afar off.

Psalm 38:12

Those who seek my life lay snares as well, and those intent on my harm speak threats. They also plot deceit all day.

Psalm 38:13

But as for me, like [the] deaf I cannot hear, and [I am] like [the] mute [who] cannot open his mouth.

Psalm 38:14

And [so] I am like a man who hears not, and in whose mouth there are no retorts.

Psalm 38:15

Rather for you I wait, O Yahweh. You will answer, O Lord my God.
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Psalm 38:16

For I said, "[Help,] lest they rejoice over me, [lest] they boast against me when my foot slips."

Psalm 38:17

For I [am] ready to stumble, and my pain [is] before me continually.
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Psalm 38:18

For my iniquity I confess; I am anxious because of my sin.

Psalm 38:19

And my enemies without cause are numerous, and those who hate me wrongfully are many.

Psalm 38:20

And those who repay evil in return for good accuse me in return for my pursuing good.

Psalm 38:21

Do not forsake me, O Yahweh. O my God, do not be far from me.
No Themes for this verse.

Psalm 38:22

Hurry to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
No Themes for this verse.