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Psalm 38

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 A psalm of David, serving as a reminder: ADONAI, don't rebuke me when you are angry or discipline me when you are enraged,

2 for your arrows penetrate me deeply, and your hand is pressing me down.

3 Your indignation left no part of me intact; my sin made my whole body sick;

4 for my iniquities loom high over my head as a heavy burden, too heavy for me.

5 I have stinking, festering wounds because of my foolishness.

6 I am bent down, prostrate completely; I go about mourning all day long.

7 For my insides burn with fever, and my whole body is sick.

8 I am numb, completely crushed; my anguished heart makes me groan aloud.

9 Adonai, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you.

10 My heart is throbbing, my strength is gone, and the light in my eyes has left me.

11 My friends and companions shun my disease; even the closest keep their distance.

12 Those seeking my life lay snares for me, those seeking to harm me speak of disaster and think up deceptions all day long.

13 But I'm like a deaf man - I don't hear it; and, like a mute, I don't say a word.

14 Yes, I've become like a man who doesn't hear and in whose mouth are no defenses.

15 For it is in you, ADONAI, that I hope. You will answer, Adonai my God.

16 I said, "Don't let them gloat over me or boast against me when my foot slips."

17 For I am about to fall, and my pain is always with me.

18 I acknowledge my guilt, I am anxious because of my sin.

19 But my enemies are alive and well, those who wrongfully hate me increase their numbers;

20 and, since they repay good with evil, they oppose me because I pursue good.

21 Don't abandon me, ADONAI! My God, don't be far from me!

22 Come quickly to help me, Adonai, my salvation!

The Message Bible MSG

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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