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Psalm 38 New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Prayer of a Suffering Penitent.

A Psalm of David, for a memorial.

38 Lord, ^(A)do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
And do not punish me in Your burning anger.
²For Your ^(B)arrows have sunk deep into me,
And ^(C)Your hand has pressed down on me.
³There is ^(D)no healthy part in my flesh ^(E)because of Your indignation;
There is no health ^(F)in my bones because of my sin.
⁴For my ^(G)guilty deeds have gone over my head;
Like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
⁵My ^[a]wounds grow foul and fester
Because of ^(H)my foolishness.
⁶I am bent over and ^(I)greatly bowed down;
I ^(J)go in mourning all day long.
⁷For my ^[b]sides are filled with ^(K)burning,
And there is ^(L)no healthy part in my flesh.
⁸I feel ^(M)faint and ^[c]badly crushed;
I ^[d]^(N)groan because of the ^[e]agitation of my heart.

⁹Lord, all ^(O)my desire is ^[f]before You;
And my ^(P)sighing is not hidden from You.
¹⁰My heart throbs, ^(Q)my strength fails me;
And the ^(R)light of my eyes, even ^[g]that ^[h]has gone from me.
¹¹My ^[i]^(S)loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen ^(T)stand far away.
¹²Those who ^(U)seek my life ^(V)lay snares for me;
And those who ^(W)seek to injure me have ^[j]threatened destruction,
And they ^(X)plot deception all day long.

¹³But I, like a person who is deaf, do not hear;
And I am like a ^(Y)person who cannot speak, who does not open his mouth.
¹⁴Yes, I am like a person who does not hear,
And in whose mouth are no arguments.
¹⁵For ^(Z)I wait for You, Lord;
You ^(AA)will answer, Lord my God.
¹⁶For I said, “May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, ^(AB)would exalt themselves over me.”
¹⁷For I am ^(AC)ready to fall,
And ^(AD)my ^[k]sorrow is continually before me.
¹⁸For I ^(AE)admit my guilt;
I am full of ^(AF)anxiety because of my sin.
¹⁹But my ^(AG)enemies are vigorous and ^[l]strong,
And those who wrongfully ^(AH)hate me are many.
²⁰And those who ^(AI)repay evil for good,
They ^(AJ)become my enemies, because I follow what is good.
²¹Do not abandon me, Lord;
My God, ^(AK)do not be far from me!
²²^(AL)Hurry to help me,
Lord, ^(AM)my salvation!

New American Standard Bible (NASB)