Books

Psalms 38

Amplified Classic Edition (AMPC)

Back to Bible

Switch Version:

Previous Chapter

Next Chapter

¹ O Lord, rebuke me not in Your wrath, neither chasten me in Your hot displeasure.

² For Your arrows have sunk into me and stick fast, and Your hand has come down upon me and pressed me sorely.

³ There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; neither is there any health or rest in my bones because of my sin.

⁴ For my iniquities have gone over my head [like waves of a flood]; as a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

⁵ My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.

⁶ I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go about mourning all the day long.

⁷ For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.

⁸ I am faint and sorely bruised [deadly cold and quite worn out]; I groan by reason of the disquiet and moaning of my heart.

⁹ Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You.

¹⁰ My heart throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

¹¹ My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my neighbors and my near ones stand afar off. ⓐ

¹² They also that seek and demand my life lay snares for me, and they that seek and require my hurt speak crafty and mischievous things; they meditate treachery and deceit all the day long.

¹³ But I, like a deaf man, hear not; and I am like a dumb man who opens not his mouth.

¹⁴ Yes, I have become like a man who hears not, in whose mouth are no arguments or replies.

¹⁵ For in You, O Lord, do I hope; You will answer, O Lord my God.

¹⁶ For I pray, Let them not rejoice over me, who when my foot slips boast against me.

¹⁷ For I am ready to halt and fall; my pain and sorrow are continually before me.

¹⁸ For I do confess my guilt and iniquity; I am filled with sorrow for my sin. ⓑ

¹⁹ But my enemies are vigorous and strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

²⁰ They also that render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.

²¹ Forsake me not, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me.

²² Make haste to help me, O Lord, my Salvation.

#	AMPC
1	O Lord, rebuke me not in Your wrath, neither chasten me in Your hot displeasure.
2	For Your arrows have sunk into me and stick fast, and Your hand has come down upon me and pressed me sorely.
3	There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; neither is there any health or rest in my bones because of my sin.
4	For my iniquities have gone over my head [like waves of a flood]; as a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
5	My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.
6	I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go about mourning all the day long.
7	For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8	I am faint and sorely bruised [deadly cold and quite worn out]; I groan by reason of the disquiet and moaning of my heart.
9	Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You.
10	My heart throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
11	My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my neighbors and my near ones stand afar off. ⓐ
12	They also that seek and demand my life lay snares for me, and they that seek and require my hurt speak crafty and mischievous things; they meditate treachery and deceit all the day long.
13	But I, like a deaf man, hear not; and I am like a dumb man who opens not his mouth.
14	Yes, I have become like a man who hears not, in whose mouth are no arguments or replies.
15	For in You, O Lord, do I hope; You will answer, O Lord my God.
16	For I pray, Let them not rejoice over me, who when my foot slips boast against me.
17	For I am ready to halt and fall; my pain and sorrow are continually before me.
18	For I do confess my guilt and iniquity; I am filled with sorrow for my sin. ⓑ
19	But my enemies are vigorous and strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20	They also that render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.
21	Forsake me not, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me.
22	Make haste to help me, O Lord, my Salvation.

Previous Chapter

Next Chapter

Holy Bible

Psalms 38

Select Commentary