38:2 Lord, do not punish me in your anger; in your wrath do not chastise me!
38:3 Your arrows have sunk deep in me; your hand has come down upon me.
38:4 There is no wholesomeness in my flesh because of your anger; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
38:5 My iniquities overwhelm me, a burden too heavy for me.
38:6 Foul and festering are my sores because of my folly.
38:7 I am stooped and deeply bowed; every day I go about mourning.
38:8 My loins burn with fever; there is no wholesomeness in my flesh.
38:9 I am numb and utterly crushed; I wail with anguish of heart.
38:10 My Lord, my deepest yearning is before you; my groaning is not hidden from you.
38:11 My heart shudders, my strength forsakes me; the very light of my eyes has failed.
38:12 Friends and companions shun my disease; my neighbors stand far off.
38:13 Those who seek my life lay snares for me; they seek my misfortune, they speak of ruin; they plot treachery every day.
38:14 But I am like the deaf, hearing nothing, like the mute, I do not open my mouth,
38:15 I am even like someone who does not hear, who has no answer ready.
38:16 Lord, it is for you that I wait; O Lord, my God, you respond.
38:17 For I have said that they would gloat over me, exult over me if I stumble.
38:18 I am very near to falling; my wounds are with me always.
38:19 I acknowledge my guilt and grieve over my sin.
38:20 My enemies live and grow strong, those who hate me grow numerous fraudulently,
38:21 Repaying me evil for good, accusing me for pursuing good.
38:22 Do not forsake me, O Lord; my God, be not far from me!
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