38: 1 Prayer of a Suffering Penitent. A Psalm of David, ²²⁰ to bring to remembrance. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
²²⁰Or, to make memorial.

38: 2 For thine arrows ²²¹stick fast in me, And thy hand ²²²sticketh on me sore.
²²¹Hb. lighted into me, or, came down into me,
²²²Hb. lighted on me. or, came down on me.

38: 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any ²²³health in my bones because of my sin.
²²³Or, rest

38: 4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
38: 5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.
38: 6 I am ²²⁴pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
²²⁴Hb. bent

38: 7 For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.
38: 8 I am faint and sore bruised: I have ²²⁵groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
²²⁵Hb. roared

38: 9 ²²⁶Jehovah, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.
²²⁶Sopherim changed to Lord Also in vss. 15, 22

38: 10 My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
38: 11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
38: 12 They also that seek after my soul lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
38: 13 But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
38: 14 Yes, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no ²²⁷reproofs.
²²⁷Or, arguments.

38: 15 For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, Jehovah my God.
38: 16 For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
38: 17 For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
38: 18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
38: 19 But mine enemies are lively, and are strong; And they that hate me ²²⁸wrongfully are multiplied.
²²⁸Hb. falsely

38: 20 They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
38: 21 Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
38: 22 Make haste to help me, O Jehovah, my salvation.