Psalm 38:10-22

New International Version

¹⁰ My heart pounds,^(A) my strength fails^(B) me;
    even the light has gone from my eyes.^(C)
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;^(D)
    my neighbors stay far away.
¹² Those 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)

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

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

²¹ Lord, do not forsake me;^(U)
    do not be far^(V) from me, my God.
²² Come quickly^(W) to help me,^(X)
    my Lord and my Savior.^(Y)