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38:1  O Lord, rebuke me not in Your wrath, neither chasten me in Your hot displeasure.
38:2  For Your arrows have sunk into me and stick fast, and Your hand has come down upon me and pressed me sorely.
38:3  There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; neither is there any health or rest in my bones because of my sin.
38:4  For my iniquities have gone over my head [like waves of a flood]; as a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
38:5  My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.
38:6  I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go about mourning all the day long.
38:7  For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.
38:8  I am faint and sorely bruised [deadly cold and quite worn out]; I groan by reason of the disquiet and moaning of my heart.
38:9  Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You.
38:10  My heart throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
38:11  My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my neighbors and my near ones stand afar off.
38:12  They also that seek and demand my life lay snares for me, and they that seek and require my hurt speak crafty and mischievous things; they meditate treachery and deceit all the day long.
38:13  But I, like a deaf man, hear not; and I am like a dumb man who opens not his mouth.
38:14  Yes, I have become like a man who hears not, in whose mouth are no arguments or replies.
38:15  For in You, O Lord, do I hope; You will answer, O Lord my God.
38:16  For I pray, Let them not rejoice over me, who when my foot slips boast against me.
38:17  For I am ready to halt and fall; my pain and sorrow are continually before me.
38:18  For I do confess my guilt and iniquity; I am filled with sorrow for my sin.
38:19  But my enemies are vigorous and strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
38:20  They also that render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.
38:21  Forsake me not, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me.
38:22  Make haste to help me, O Lord, my Salvation.