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Psalm 38 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

Prayer in Time of Discipline.

Psa 38:1

A Psalm of David; to bring to remembrance.

O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,

Nor discipline me in Your burning anger.

Psa 38:2

For Your arrows have sunk into me and penetrate deeply,

And Your hand has pressed down on me and greatly disciplined me.

Psa 38:3

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

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

Psa 38:4

For my iniquities have gone over my head [like the waves of a flood];

As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

Psa 38:5

My wounds are loathsome and foul

Because of my foolishness.

Psa 38:6

I am bent over and greatly bowed down;

I go about mourning all day long.

Psa 38:7

For my sides are filled with burning,

And there is no health in my flesh.

Psa 38:8

I am numb and greatly bruised [deadly cold and completely worn out];

I groan because of the disquiet and moaning of my heart.

Psa 38:9

Lord, all my desire is before You;

And my sighing is not hidden from You.

Psa 38:10

My heart throbs violently, my strength fails me;

And as for the light of my eyes, even that has also gone from me.

Psa 38:11

My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;

And my neighbors stand far away.

Psa 38:12

Those who seek my life lay snares for me,

And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction;

They devise treachery all the day long.

Psa 38:13

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

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

Psa 38:14

Yes, I am like a man who does not hear,

In whose mouth are no arguments.

Psa 38:15

For in You, O LORD, I hope;

You will answer, O Lord my God.

Psa 38:16

For I pray, “May they not rejoice over me,

Who, when my foot slips, would boast against me.”

Psa 38:17

For I am ready to fall;

My sorrow is continually before me.

Psa 38:18

For I do confess my guilt and iniquity;

I am filled with anxiety because of my sin.

Psa 38:19

But my [numerous] enemies are vigorous and strong,

And those who hate me without cause are many.

Psa 38:20

They repay evil for good, they attack and try to kill me,

Because I follow what is good.

Psa 38:21

Do not abandon me, O LORD;

O my God, do not be far from me.

Psa 38:22

Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my Salvation.

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