Psalm 38:8-22

New International Version

⁸ I am feeble and utterly crushed;^(A)
    I groan^(B) in anguish of heart.^(C)

⁹ All my longings^(D) lie open before you, Lord;
    my sighing^(E) is not hidden from you.
¹⁰ My heart pounds,^(F) my strength fails^(G) me;
    even the light has gone from my eyes.^(H)
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;^(I)
    my neighbors stay far away.
¹² Those who want to kill me set their traps,^(J)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;^(K)
    all day long they scheme and lie.^(L)

¹³ I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,^(M)
    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^(N) for you;
    you will answer,^(O) Lord my God.
¹⁶ For I said, “Do not let them gloat^(P)
    or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”^(Q)

¹⁷ For I am about to fall,^(R)
    and my pain^(S) is ever with me.
¹⁸ I confess my iniquity;^(T)
    I am troubled by my sin.
¹⁹ Many have become my enemies^(U) without cause^[a];
    those who hate me^(V) without reason^(W) are numerous.
²⁰ Those who repay my good with evil^(X)
    lodge accusations^(Y) against me,
    though I seek only to do what is good.

²¹ Lord, do not forsake me;^(Z)
    do not be far^(AA) from me, my God.
²² Come quickly^(AB) to help me,^(AC)
    my Lord and my Savior.^(AD)