Psalm 38:3-14

English Standard Version

³ There is ^(A)no soundness in my flesh
    because of your indignation;
there is no health in my ^(B)bones
    because of my sin.
⁴ For my ^(C)iniquities have gone over my head;
    like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

⁵ My wounds stink and fester
    because of my foolishness,
⁶ I am ^(D)utterly bowed down and ^(E)prostrate;
    all the day I ^(F)go about mourning.
⁷ For my sides are filled with burning,
    and there is ^(G)no soundness in my flesh.
⁸ I am feeble and crushed;
    I ^(H)groan because of the tumult of my heart.

⁹ O Lord, all my longing is before you;
    my ^(I)sighing is not hidden from you.
¹⁰ My heart throbs; my strength fails me,
    and ^(J)the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
¹¹ My ^(K)friends and companions ^(L)stand aloof from my ^(M)plague,
    and my nearest kin ^(N)stand far off.

¹² Those who seek my life ^(O)lay their snares;
    those who seek my hurt ^(P)speak of ruin
    and meditate ^(Q)treachery all day long.

¹³ But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,
    like ^(R)a mute man who does not open his mouth.
¹⁴ I have become like a man who does not hear,
    and in whose mouth are no ^(S)rebukes.