rsv Psalms:38
rsv@Psalms:38:1 @ A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering.
rsv@Psalms:38:2 @ O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath!
rsv@Psalms:38:3 @ For thy arrows have sunk into me, and thy hand has come down on me.
rsv@Psalms:38:4 @ There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
rsv@Psalms:38:5 @ For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.
rsv@Psalms:38:6 @ My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness,
rsv@Psalms:38:7 @ I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.
rsv@Psalms:38:8 @ For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
rsv@Psalms:38:9 @ I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
rsv@Psalms:38:10 @ Lord, all my longing is known to thee, my sighing is not hidden from thee.
rsv@Psalms:38:11 @ My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes--it also has gone from me.
rsv@Psalms:38:12 @ My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
rsv@Psalms:38:13 @ Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.
rsv@Psalms:38:14 @ But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.
rsv@Psalms:38:15 @ Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
rsv@Psalms:38:16 @ But for thee, O LORD, do I wait; it is thou, O LORD my God, who wilt answer.
rsv@Psalms:38:17 @ For I pray, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!"
rsv@Psalms:38:18 @ For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
rsv@Psalms:38:19 @ I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.
rsv@Psalms:38:20 @ Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
rsv@Psalms:38:21 @ Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.
rsv@Psalms:38:22 @ Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me! [ (Psalms strkjv@38:23) Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! ]
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