KJV Psalms Chapter 38
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. 1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. 3 |There is| no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither |is there any| rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds stink |and| are corrupt because of my foolishness. 6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome |disease|: and |there is| no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. 9 Lord, all my desire |is| before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. 10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. 12 They also that seek after my life lay snares |for me|: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. 13 But I, as a deaf |man|, heard not; and |I was| as a dumb man |that| openeth not his mouth. 14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth |are| no reproofs. 15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. 16 For I said, |Hear me|, lest |otherwise| they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify |themselves| against me. 17 For I |am| ready to halt, and my sorrow |is| continually before me. 18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. 19 But mine enemies |are| lively, |and| they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow |the thing that| good |is|. 21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. 22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.