Psalm 38. Domine, ne in furore.

1. O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; *
   do not punish me in your wrath.
2. For your arrows have already pierced me, *
   and your hand presses hard upon me.
3. There is no health in my flesh, because of your indignation; *
   there is no soundness in my body, because of my sin.
4. For my iniquities overwhelm me; *
   like a heavy burden they are too much for me to bear.
5. My wounds stink and fester *
   by reason of my foolishness.
6. I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; *
   I go about in mourning all the day long.
7. My loins are filled with searing pain; *
   there is no health in my body.
8. I am utterly numb and crushed; *
   I wail, because of the groaning of my heart.
9. O Lord, you know all my desires, *
   and my sighing is not hidden from you.
10. My heart is pounding, my strength has failed me, *
    and the brightness of my eyes is gone from me.
11. My friends and companions draw back from my affliction; *
    my neighbors stand afar off.
12. Those who seek after my life lay snares for me; *
    those who strive to hurt me speak of my ruin and plot treachery all the day long.
13. But I am like the deaf who do not hear, *
    like those who are mute and do not open their mouth.
14. I have become like one who does not hear *
    and from whose mouth comes no defense.
15. For in you, O Lord, have I fixed my hope; *
    you will answer me, O Lord my God.
16. For I said, "Do not let them rejoice at my expense, *
    those who gloat over me when my foot slips."
17. Truly, I am on the verge of falling, *
    and my pain is always with me.
18. I will confess my iniquity *
    and be sorry for my sin.
19. Those who are my enemies without cause are mighty, *
    and many in number are those who wrongfully hate me.
20. Those who repay evil for good slander me, *
    because I follow the course that is right.
21. O Lord, do not forsake me; *
    be not far from me, O my God.
22. Make haste to help me, *
    O Lord of my salvation.