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Psalm 38 – Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

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PSALM 38

Do Not Forsake Me, O Yahweh

A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.

O Yahweh, reprove me not in Your wrath,

And discipline me not in Your burning anger.

For Your arrows have pressed deep into me,

And Your hand has pressed down upon me.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;

There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

For my iniquities go over my head;

As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

My [fn]wounds stink and rot

Because of my [fn]folly.

I am bent over and greatly bowed down;

I go mourning all day long.

For my loins are filled with burning,

And there is no soundness in my flesh.

I am faint and [fn]badly crushed;

I [fn]groan because of the [fn]agitation of my heart.

Lord, all my desire is [fn]before You;

And my sighing is not hidden from You.

10 My heart throbs, my strength forsakes me;

And the light of my eyes, even [fn]that [fn]has gone from me.

11 My [fn]loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;

And my kinsmen stand afar off.

12 Those who search for my life lay snares for me;

And those who seek [fn]to do me evil have [fn]threatened destruction,

And they meditate on deception all day long.

13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;

And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

14 And I am like a man who does not hear,

And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15 For I [fn]wait on You, O Yahweh;

You will answer, O Lord my God.

16 For I said, “Save, lest they be glad over me,

Who, when my foot stumbles, magnify themselves against me.”

17 For I am ready to fall,

And my [fn]sorrow is continually before me.

18 For I [fn]confess my iniquity;

I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

19 But my enemies are vigorous and [fn]strong,

And those who wrongfully hate me abound.

20 And those who repay evil for good,

They accuse me, for I pursue what is good.

21 Do not forsake me, O Yahweh;

O my God, do not be far from me!

22 Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my salvation!

LSB Footnotes
Or stripes
A lack of wisdom due to negligence or carelessness; the activity of an ignorant fool
Or greatly
Lit roar
Lit growling
Or known to You
Lit they have
Lit is not with me
Or lovers
Or my calamity
Lit spoken
Or hope for
Lit pain
Or declare
Or numerous
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