Psalm 38 :: New International Version (NIV)

Psa 38:1

Psa 38:1 [fn]A psalm of David. A petition. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

Psa 38:2

Psa 38:2Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.

Psa 38:3

Psa 38:3Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.

Psa 38:4

Psa 38:4My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.

Psa 38:5

Psa 38:5My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.

Psa 38:6

Psa 38:6I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.

Psa 38:7

Psa 38:7My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.

Psa 38:8

Psa 38:8I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

Psa 38:9

Psa 38:9All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.

Psa 38:10

Psa 38:10My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.

Psa 38:11

Psa 38:11My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.

Psa 38:12

Psa 38:12Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.

Psa 38:13

Psa 38:13I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak;

Psa 38:14

Psa 38:14I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.

Psa 38:15

Psa 38:15LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.

Psa 38:16

Psa 38:16For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”

Psa 38:17

Psa 38:17For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

Psa 38:18

Psa 38:18I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

Psa 38:19

Psa 38:19Many have become my enemies without cause[fn]; those who hate me without reason are numerous.

Psa 38:20

Psa 38:20Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.

Psa 38:21

Psa 38:21LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.

Psa 38:22

Psa 38:22Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.

See the NIV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).

NIV Footnotes

(38:1)

In Hebrew texts 38:1-22 is numbered 38:2-23.

(38:19)

One Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript; Masoretic Text my vigorous enemies

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Psalm 38 :: New International Version (NIV)

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