Old Testament · Poetry and wisdom

Psalms chapter 38

A psalm of David. For remembrance. , don’t me while you’re burning with anger. Don’t me in the heat of your fury.Because your have already pierced deep into me, and your hard.There’s no health left in my body because of your . There’s no strength left in my bones because of my .My have risen over my head. They’re like a crushing weight — too heavy for me to carry.My are infected and rotting because of my own .I’m , completely broken down. All day long I walk around consumed by .My insides are . There’s no health left in my body.I’m and completely crushed. I from the anguish tearing through my heart., you already know every I have. My sighing is no secret to you.My heart is pounding. My strength has left me. Even the — it’s fading.The people who love me and my closest friends keep their distance from my . Even my own family stays far away.People who want me dead set their . Those who want to destroy me talk about it all day, plotting from morning to night.But I’m like someone who — I don’t respond. Like someone who can’t speak — I don’t open my mouth.I’ve become like someone who doesn’t hear, who has no argument to make in his own defense.Because it’s you I’m , Yahweh. You will answer, Master — my God.Because I said, “Don’t let them over me. Don’t let them use my as an excuse to feel superior.”Because I’m , and my pain is always right in front of me.So I’ll lay it all out — . I’m by what I’ve done wrong.Meanwhile my are alive and thriving. The people who hate me for no reason keep multiplying.People who repay my with evil attack me for trying to do what’s right.Don’t me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be . to help me, — the one who me.