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Psalm 38
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
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King James Version of the
Bible
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.1
References and notes
1. King James Authorized Version
2.
CLARKE'S COMMENTARY
- PSALMS 38 - http://www.godrules.net/library/clarke/clarkepsa38.htm
3. Matthew Henry Bible Commentary
- http://www.ewordtoday.com/comments/psalm/mh/psalm38.htm |
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