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Do Not Forsake Me, O Lord

A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering.

O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath!

1

O Lord, Don't Rebuke Me in Your Wrath

{A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.} Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2

For your arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand has come down on me.

2

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me.

3

There is no soundness in my flesh
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my bones
because of my sin.

3

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; no peace 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.

4

For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5

My wounds stink and fester
because of my foolishness,

5

My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.

6

I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;
all the day I go about mourning.

6

I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day.

7

For my sides are filled with burning,
and there is no soundness in my flesh.

7

For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8

I am feeble and crushed;
I groan because of the tumult of my heart.

8

I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart.

9

O Lord, all my longing is before you;
my sighing is not hidden from you.

9

Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee.

10

My heart throbs; my strength fails me,
and the light of my eyes — it also has gone from me.

10

My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.

11

My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague,
and my nearest kin stand far off.

11

My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

12

Those who seek my life lay their snares;
those who seek my hurt speak of ruin
and meditate treachery all day long.

12

And they that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.

13

But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,
like a mute man who does not open his mouth.

13

But I, as a deaf [man], hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14

I have become like a man who does not hear,
and in whose mouth are no rebukes.

14

Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15

But for you, O Lord, do I wait;
it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.

15

For in thee, Jehovah, do I hope: *thou* wilt answer, O Lord my God.

16

For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me,
who boast against me when my foot slips!”

16

For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified [themselves] against me.

17

For I am ready to fall,
and my pain is ever before me.

17

For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me.

18

I confess my iniquity;
I am sorry for my sin.

18

For I will declare mine iniquity, I am grieved for my sin.

19

But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty,
and many are those who hate me wrongfully.

19

But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied:

20

Those who render me evil for good
accuse me because I follow after good.

20

And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.

21

Do not forsake me, O Lord!
O my God, be not far from me!

21

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

22

Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation!

22

Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.

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Psalms 38

Psalms 38