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Psalm 38:9-22
New International Version
Psalm 38:9-22
New International Version
9 All my longings(A) lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing(B) is not hidden from you.
10 My heart pounds,(C) my strength fails(D) me;
even the light has gone from my eyes.(E)
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(F)
my neighbors stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,(G)
those who would harm me talk of my ruin;(H)
all day long they scheme and lie.(I)
13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,(J)
like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 I have become like one who does not hear,
whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 Lord, I wait(K) for you;
you will answer,(L) Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat(M)
or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”(N)
17 For I am about to fall,(O)
and my pain(P) is ever with me.
18 I confess my iniquity;(Q)
I am troubled by my sin.
19 Many have become my enemies(R) without cause[a];
those who hate me(S) without reason(T) are numerous.
20 Those who repay my good with evil(U)
lodge accusations(V) against me,
though I seek only to do what is good.
Footnotes
- Psalm 38:19 One Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript; Masoretic Text my vigorous enemies
Psalm 38:9-22
King James Version
Psalm 38:9-22
King James Version
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
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