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Psalms 38 (NET)

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¹ O LORD, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury! ² For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down. ³ My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin. ⁴ For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear. ⁵ My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins. ⁶ I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning. ⁷ For I am overcome with shame and my whole body is sick. ⁸ I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel. ⁹ O Lord, you understand my heart's desire; my groaning is not hidden from you. ¹⁰ My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see. ¹¹ Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away. ¹² Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things. ¹³ But I am like a deaf man I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak. ¹⁴ I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense. ¹⁵ Yet I wait for you, O LORD! You will respond, O Lord, my God! ¹⁶ I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me. ¹⁷ For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain. ¹⁸ Yes, I confess my wrongdoing, and I am concerned about my sins. ¹⁹ But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; those who hate me without cause outnumber me. ²⁰ They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me. ²¹ Do not abandon me, O LORD! My God, do not remain far away from me! ²² Hurry and help me, O Lord, my deliverer!