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38:1  LORD! Do not rebuke me in your anger; do not correct me in your wrath,
38:2  because your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand has come down hard on me.
38:3  My body is unhealthy due to your anger, and my bones have no rest due to my sin.
38:4  My iniquities loom over my head; like a cumbersome burden, they are too heavy for me.
38:5  My wounds have putrefied and festered because of my foolishness.
38:6  I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning.
38:7  My insides are burning and my body is unhealthy.
38:8  I am weak and utterly crushed; I cry out in distress because of my heart's anguish.
38:9  Lord, all my longings are before you, and my groaning is not hidden from you.
38:10  My heart pounds, my strength fails me, even the gleam in my eye is gone.
38:11  As for my friends and my neighbors, they stand aloof from my distress; even my close relatives stand at a distance.
38:12  Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning.
38:13  I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, and like the mute, who cannot open his mouth.
38:14  Indeed, I have become like a man who hears nothing, and in whose mouth there is no rebuke.
38:15  Because I have placed my hope in you, LORD, you will answer, Lord, my God.
38:16  For I said, "Do not let them gloat over me, as they congratulate themselves when my foot slips."
38:17  Indeed, I am being set up for a fall, and I am continuously reminded of my pain.
38:18  I confess my iniquity, and my sin troubles me.
38:19  But my enemies are alive and well; those who hate me for no reason are numerous.
38:20  They reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good.
38:21  Don't forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be so distant from me.
38:22  Come quickly and help me, Lord, my deliverer.