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Psalm 38
To help in court cases where slander fouled up the proceedings.
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PSALM 1938
Prayer of an Afflicted Sinner
1 A psalm of David. For remembrance.
2 LORD, punish me no more in your anger;
in your wrath do not chastise me!
3 Your arrows have sunk deep in me;
your hand has come down upon me.
4 My flesh is afflicted because of your anger;
my frame aches because of my sin.
5 My iniquities overwhelm me,
a burden beyond my strength.
6 Foul and festering are my sores because of my folly.
7 I am stooped and deeply bowed;
all day I go about mourning.
8 My loins burn with fever; my flesh is afflicted.
9 I am numb and utterly crushed;
I wail with anguish of heart.
10 My Lord, my deepest yearning is before you;
my groaning is not hidden from you.
11 My heart shudders, my strength forsakes me;
the very light of my eyes has failed.
12 Friends and companions shun my pain;
my neighbors stand far off.
13 Those who seek my life lay snares for me;
they seek my misfortune,
they speak of ruin; they plot treachery all the day.
14 But I am like the deaf, hearing nothing,
like the dumb, saying nothing,
15 Like someone who does not hear,
who has no answer ready.
16 LORD, I wait for you;
O Lord, my God, answer me.
17 For I fear they will gloat,
exult over me if I stumble.
18 I am very near to falling; my pain is with me always.
19 I acknowledge my guilt and grieve over my sin.
20 But many are my foes without cause,
a multitude of enemies without reason,
21 Repaying me evil for good,
harassing me for pursuing good.
22 Forsake me not, O LORD; my God, be not far from me!
23 Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my salvation!
    
Juke Box 1938
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