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Psalm 38

1 LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

1 Lord, don't correct me when you are angry. Don't punish me when you are burning with anger.

2 Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.

2 You have wounded me with your arrows. You have struck me with your hand.

3 Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.

3 Because of your anger, my whole body is sick. Because of my sin, I'm not healthy.

4 My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.

4 My guilt has become too much for me. It is a load too heavy to carry.

5 My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.

5 My wounds are ugly. They stink. I've been foolish. I have sinned.

6 I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.

6 I am bent over. I've been brought very low. All day long I go around sobbing.

7 My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.

7 My back is filled with burning pain. My whole body is sick.

8 I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

8 I am weak. I feel as if I've been broken in pieces. I groan because of the great pain in my heart.

9 All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.

9 Lord, everything I really want is clearly known to you. You always hear me when I sigh.

10 My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.

10 My heart pounds. My strength is gone. My eyes can hardly see.

11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.

11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds. My neighbors stay far away from me.

12 Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.

12 Those who are trying to kill me set their traps. Those who want to harm me talk about destroying me. All day long they plan ways to trick me.

13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak;

13 I'm like a deaf person. I can't hear. I'm like someone who can't speak, who can't say a word.

14 I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.

14 I'm like a man who doesn't hear. I'm like someone whose mouth can't make any reply.

15 LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.

15 Lord, I wait for you to help me. LORD my God, I know you will answer.

16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”

16 I said, "Don't let my enemies have the joy of seeing me fall. Don't let them brag when my foot slips."

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

17 I am about to fall. My pain never leaves me.

18 I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

18 I admit that I have done wrong. I am troubled by my sin.

19 Many have become my enemies without cause ; those who hate me without reason are numerous.

19 I have many powerful enemies. They are strong and healthy. They hate me without any reason.

20 Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.

20 They pay me back with evil, even though I was good to them. They tell lies about me because I try to do what is good.

21 LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.

21 Lord, don't desert me. My God, don't be far away from me.

22 Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.

22 Lord my Savior, come quickly to help me.