Psalms 38:1-9

1O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage!

2Your arrows have struck deep, and your blows are crushing me.

3Because of your anger, my whole body is sick; my health is broken because of my sins.

4My guilt overwhelms me— it is a burden too heavy to bear.

5My wounds fester and stink because of my foolish sins.

6I am bent over and racked with pain. All day long I walk around filled with grief.

7A raging fever burns within me, and my health is broken.

8I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished heart.

9You know what I long for, Lord; you hear my every sigh.