Psalm 38:10-22

King James Version

¹⁰My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

¹¹My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

¹²They 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.

¹³But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

¹⁴Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

¹⁵For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

¹⁶For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

¹⁷For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

¹⁸For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

¹⁹But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

²⁰They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

²¹Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.

²²Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

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Psalm 38:10-22

New International Version

¹⁰My heart pounds,^(A) my strength fails^(B) me;
    even the light has gone from my eyes.^(C)
¹¹My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;^(D)
    my neighbors stay far away.
¹²Those who want to kill me set their traps,^(E)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;^(F)
    all day long they scheme and lie.^(G)

¹³I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,^(H)
    like the mute, who cannot speak;
¹⁴I have become like one who does not hear,
    whose mouth can offer no reply.
¹⁵Lord, I wait^(I) for you;
    you will answer,^(J) Lord my God.
¹⁶For I said, “Do not let them gloat^(K)
    or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”^(L)

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