Psalm 38 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Prayer of a Suffering Penitent.

Psa 38:1

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath;

Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Psa 38:2

For thine arrows stick fast in me,

And thy hand presseth me sore.

Psa 38:3

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

Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

Psa 38:4

For mine iniquities are gone over my head:

As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

Psa 38:5

My wounds are loathsome and corrupt,

Because of my foolishness.

Psa 38:6

I am pained and bowed down greatly;

I go mourning all the day long.

Psa 38:7

For my loins are filled with burning;

And there is no soundness in my flesh.

Psa 38:8

I am faint and sore bruised:

I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

Psa 38:9

Lord, all my desire is before thee;

And my groaning is not hid from thee.

Psa 38:10

My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me:

As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

Psa 38:11

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague;

And my kinsmen stand afar off.

Psa 38:12

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me;

And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things,

And meditate deceits all the day long.

Psa 38:13

But I, as a deaf man, hear not;

And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

Psa 38:14

Yea, I am as a man that heareth not,

And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

Psa 38:15

For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope:

Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

Psa 38:16

For I said, Lest they rejoice over me:

When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

Psa 38:17

For I am ready to fall,

And my sorrow is continually before me.

Psa 38:18

For I will declare mine iniquity;

I will be sorry for my sin.

Psa 38:19

But mine enemies are lively, and are strong;

And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

Psa 38:20

They also that render evil for good

Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

Psa 38:21

Forsake me not, O Jehovah:

O my God, be not far from me.

Psa 38:22

Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my salvation.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Psalm 38 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Prayer of a Suffering Penitent.

Psalm Chapter 38 — Additional Translations:

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