Psalms 38 - Meaning & Verses

"[A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.] O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure."

"For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore."

"{There is} no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither {is there any} rest in my bones because of my sin. {rest: Heb. peace, or, health}"

"For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me."

"My wounds stink {and} are corrupt because of my foolishness."

"I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. {troubled: Heb. wried}"

"For my loins are filled with a loathsome {disease}: and {there is} no soundness in my flesh."

"I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart."

"Lord, all my desire {is} before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee."

"My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. {is gone...: Heb. is not with me}"

"My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. {sore: Heb. stroke} {my kinsmen: or, my neighbours}"

"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."

"But I, as a deaf {man}, heard not; and {I was} as a dumb man {that} openeth not his mouth."

"Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth {are} no reproofs."

"For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. {in...: or, thee do I wait for} {hear: or, answer}"

"For I said, {Hear me}, lest {otherwise} they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify {themselves} against me."

"For I {am} ready to halt, and my sorrow {is} continually before me. {to halt: Heb. for halting}"

"For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin."

"But mine enemies {are} lively, {and} they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. {are lively...: Heb. being living, are strong}"

"They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow {the thing that} good {is}."

"Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me."

"Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. {to...: Heb. for my help}"