Psalm 38

Chant Psalter

Natural Speech Rhythm

1 Put me not to rebuke, O | Lord, • in thine | anger ||

neither | chasten me • in thy | 3 heavy dis- | pleasure. ||

2 For thine | 3 arrows stick | fast • in me ||

3 and | thy hand | 3 presseth me | sore. ||

3 There is no health in my flesh, be- | cause of • thy dis- | pleasure ||

neither is there any rest in my | bones, by | reason • of my | sin. ||

4 For my wickednesses are gone | 3 over my | head ||

and are like a sore | burden, • too | heavy for • me to | bear. ||

5 My wounds stink, and are cor- | rupt • through my | foolish•ness. ||

6 I am brought into so great trouble and misery, * that I go | mourning | all the • day | long. ||

7 For my loins are filled with a | sore dis- | ease ||

and there is no | whole part | in my | body. ||

8 I am | feeble, and • sore | smitten ||

I have roared for the very dis- | quiet•ness | of my | heart. ||

9 Lord, thou knowest | all • my de- | sire ||

and my | groaning | is not | hid from • thee. ||

10 My heart panteth, my | strength hath | failed me ||

and the | light of • mine | eyes is | gone • from me. ||

11 My lovers and my neighbours did stand looking up- | on my | trouble ||

and my | kinsmen | stood a•far | off. ||

12 They also that sought after my | life laid | snares • for me ||

and they that went about to do me evil talked of wickedness, * and im- | agined de•ceit | all the • day | long. ||

13 As for me, I was like a 3 deaf | man, and | heard not ||

and as one that is dumb, who | doth not | 3 open his | mouth. ||

14 I became even as a | man that | heareth • not ||

and in whose | mouth are | no re- | proofs. ||

15 For in thee, O Lord, have I | put my | trust ||

thou shalt | answer for • me, O | Lord my | God. ||

16 I have required that they, even mine enemies, | should not | triumph • over me ||

for when my foot slipped, they re- | joiced | 3 greatly a- | gainst me. ||

17 And I, truly, am | set • in the | plague ||

and my heaviness is | ever | in my | sight. ||

18 For I will con- | fess my | wicked•ness ||

and be | sorry | for my | sin. ||

19 But mine enemies | live, • and are | mighty ||

and they that hate me | wrongful•ly are | 3 many in | number. ||

20 They also that reward evil for | good • are a- | gainst me ||

because I | 3 follow the | thing that | good is. ||

21 Forsake me not, O Lord my God, * | 3 be not thou | far • from me. ||

22 Haste thee to help me, O Lord | God of | my sal- | vation. ||

Glory | be • to the | Father, ||

and to the Son, | and • to the | Holy | Ghost; ||

As it | was in • the be- | ginning, ||

is now, and ever shall be, * | world with•out | end. A- | men. ||