38:2 Your arrows have struck deep; your blows are crushing me.
38:3 Because of your anger, my body is sick, my health is broken beneath my sins. They are like a flood, higher than my head; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
38:4 Because of your anger, my body is sick, my health is broken beneath my sins. They are like a flood, higher than my head; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
38:5 My wounds are festering and full of pus. Because of my sins, I am bent and racked with pain. My days are filled with anguish.
38:6 My wounds are festering and full of pus. Because of my sins, I am bent and racked with pain. My days are filled with anguish.
38:7 My loins burn with inflammation, and my whole body is diseased.
38:8 I am exhausted and crushed; I groan in despair.
38:9 Lord, you know how I long for my health once more. You hear my every sigh.
38:10 My heart beats wildly, my strength fails, and I am going blind.
38:11 My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease. Even my own family stands at a distance.
38:12 Meanwhile my enemies are trying to kill me. They plot my ruin and spend all their waking hours planning treachery.
38:13 But I am deaf to all their threats; I am silent before them as a man who cannot speak. I have nothing to say.
38:14 But I am deaf to all their threats; I am silent before them as a man who cannot speak. I have nothing to say.
38:15 For I am waiting for you, O Lord my God. Come and protect me.
38:16 Put an end to their arrogance, these who gloat when I am cast down!
38:17 How constantly I find myself upon the verge of sin; this source of sorrow always stares me in the face.
38:18 I confess my sins; I am sorry for what I have done.
38:19 But my enemies persecute with vigor and continue to hate me—though I have done nothing against them to deserve it.
38:20 They repay me evil for good and hate me for standing for the right.
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