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Psalm 38 Prayer in Time of Chastening / Prayer in Time of Discipline

Psalm 38:1-22 Prayer in Time of Chastening / Prayer in Time of Discipline
A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.

Psalm 38:1-2
1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!
2
For Your arrows pierce me deeply,
And Your hand presses me down.

Psalm 38:3-5
3
There is no soundness in my flesh
Because of Your anger,
Nor any health in my bones
Because of my sin.
4
For my iniquities have gone over my head;
Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5
My wounds are foul and festering
Because of my foolishness.

Psalm 38:9-10
9
Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
10
My heart pants, my strength fails me;
As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.

Psalm 38:11-12
11
My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague,
And my relatives stand afar off.
12
Those also who seek my life lay snares for me;
Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction,
And plan deception all the day long.

Psalm 38:13-14
13
But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.
14
Thus I am like a man who does not hear,
And in whose mouth is no response.

Psalm 38:15-16
15
For in You, O Lord, I hope;
You will hear, O Lord my God.
16
For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me,
Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.”

Psalm 38:17-20
17
For I am ready to fall,
And my sorrow is continually before me.
18
For I will declare my iniquity;
I will be in anguish (anxiety) over my sin.
19
But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong;
And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.
20
Those also who render evil for good,
They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.

Psalm 38:21-22
21
Do not forsake me, O Lord;
O my God, be not far from me!
22
Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation!