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Psalm 38

1 Please, LORD, don't punish me when you are mad; don't discipline me when you are furious.

1 Take a deep breath, God; calm down - don't be so hasty with your punishing rod.

2 Your arrows have pierced me; your fist has come down hard on me.

2 Your sharp-pointed arrows of rebuke draw blood; my backside smarts from your caning.

3 There's nothing in my body that isn't broken because of your rage; there's no health in my bones because of my sin.

3 I've lost twenty pounds in two months because of your accusation. My bones are brittle as dry sticks because of my sin.

4 My wrongdoings are stacked higher than my head; they are a weight that's way too heavy for me.

4 I'm swamped by my bad behavior, collapsed under gunnysacks of guilt.

5 My wounds reek; they are all infected because of my stupidity.

5 The cuts in my flesh stink and grow maggots because I've lived so badly.

6 I am hunched over, completely down; I wander around all day long, sad.

6 And now I'm flat on my face feeling sorry for myself morning to night.

7 My insides are burning up; there's nothing in my body that isn't broken.

7 All my insides are on fire, my body is a wreck.

8 I'm worn out, completely crushed; I groan because of my miserable heart.

8 I'm on my last legs; I've had it - my life is a vomit of groans.

9 Everything I long for is laid out before you, my Lord; my sighs aren't hidden from you.

9 Lord, my longings are sitting in plain sight, my groans an old story to you.

10 My heart pounds; my strength abandons me. Even the light of my eyes is gone.

10 My heart's about to break; I'm a burned-out case. Cataracts blind me to God and good;

11 My loved ones and friends keep their distance from me in my sickness; those who were near me now stay far away.

11 old friends avoid me like the plague. My cousins never visit, my neighbors stab me in the back.

12 Those who want me dead lay traps; those who want me harmed utter threats, muttering lies all day long.

12 My competitors blacken my name, devoutly they pray for my ruin.

13 But I'm like someone who is deaf, who can't hear; like someone who can't speak, whose mouth won't open.

13 But I'm deaf and mute to it all, ears shut, mouth shut.

14 I've become like a person who doesn't hear what is being said, whose mouth has no good comeback.

14 I don't hear a word they say, don't speak a word in response.

15 But I wait for you, LORD! You will answer, my Lord, my God!

15 What I do, God, is wait for you, wait for my Lord, my God - you will answer!

16 Because I prayed: "Don't let them celebrate over me or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips,"

16 I wait and pray so they won't laugh me off, won't smugly strut off when I stumble.

17 because I'm very close to falling, and my pain is always with me.

17 I'm on the edge of losing it - the pain in my gut keeps burning.

18 Yes, I confess my wrongdoing; I'm worried about my sin.

18 I'm ready to tell my story of failure, I'm no longer smug in my sin.

19 But my mortal enemies are so strong; those who hate me for no reason seem countless.

19 My enemies are alive and in action, a lynch mob after my neck.

20 Those who give, repay good with evil; they oppose me for pursuing good.

20 I give out good and get back evil from God-haters who can't stand a God-lover.

21 Don't leave me all alone, LORD! Please, my God, don't be far from me!

21 Don't dump me, God; my God, don't stand me up.

22 Come quickly and help me, my Lord, my salvation!

22 Hurry and help me; I want some wide-open space in my life!