{"book":"Psalms","slug":"psalms","ch":38,"genre":"poetry","sub":"The Book of Psalms","prev":"psalms/37","next":"psalms/39","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"1 O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or discipline me in Your wrath."}],"h":"Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger","style":"pshdg"},{"v":2,"t":"For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For Your arrows have pierced me deeply,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and Your hand has pressed down on me."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":3,"t":"There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"There is no soundness in my body"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because of Your anger;"},{"style":"indent1","t":"there is no rest in my bones"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because of my sin."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":4,"t":"For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For my iniquities have overwhelmed me;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"they are a burden too heavy to bear."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My wounds are foul and festering"},{"style":"indent2","t":"because of my sinful folly."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":6,"t":"I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I am bent and brought low;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"all day long I go about mourning."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness [remains] in my body.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For my loins are full of burning pain,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and no soundness [remains] in my body."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I am numb and badly crushed;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I groan in anguish of heart."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"O Lord, my every desire [is] before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"O Lord, my every desire [is] before You;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"my groaning is not hidden from You."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":10,"t":"My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My heart pounds, my strength fails,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and even the light of my eyes has faded."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"My beloved and friends shun my disease,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my kinsmen stand at a distance."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Those who seek my life lay snares;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"those who wish me harm speak destruction,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"plotting deceit all day long."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"But like a deaf man, I do not hear;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":14,"t":"I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I am like a man who cannot hear,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"whose mouth offers no reply."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":15,"t":"I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"I wait for You, O LORD;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"You will answer, O Lord my God."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"For I said,“ Let them not gloat over me — those who taunt me when my foot slips.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For I said,“ Let them not gloat over me —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"those who taunt me when my foot slips.”"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"For I am ready to fall,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and my pain is ever with me."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":18,"t":"Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Yes, I confess my iniquity;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"I am troubled by my sin."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.","f":["One DSS manuscript; MT My enemies are vigorous and strong","See John 15:25"],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Many are my enemies without cause,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and many hate me without reason."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Those who repay my good with evil"},{"style":"indent2","t":"attack me for pursuing the good."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":21,"t":"Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Do not forsake me, O LORD;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"be not far from me, O my God."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":22,"t":"Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Come quickly to help me,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"O Lord my Savior."}],"style":"indent1"}],"superscription":"A Psalm of David, for remembrance."}