Psalms 38 (NET)

Psalms 38:1¹O Lord, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger. Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 54:8Heb 12:5-11Ps 6:1Jer 30:11Ps 70:1Jer 10:24Hab 3:2Isa 27:8Ps 88:15-16Ps 88:7

Psalms 38:2²For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 6:4Ps 32:41 Sam 5:6Deut 2:15Lam 3:121 Sam 5:111 Sam 6:9Ps 21:12Ps 39:10-11Ps 64:7

Psalms 38:3³My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 6:2Ps 51:8Ps 31:9-10Isa 1:5-6Lam 3:40-422 Chr 26:19Job 2:7-8Job 33:19-22Ps 102:3Ps 102:5

Psalms 38:4⁴For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 40:12Ezra 9:6Matt 11:28Lam 1:141 Pet 2:24Isa 53:11Lev 7:18

Psalms 38:5⁵My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 1:5-6Jer 8:22Ps 69:5Ps 32:3Ps 38:7

Psalms 38:6⁶I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 30:28Ps 35:14Ps 42:9Ps 145:14Ps 31:10Ps 42:5Ps 43:2Ps 57:6Ps 6:6Ps 88:9

Psalms 38:7⁷For I am overcome with shame, and my whole body is sick.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 21:18-19Acts 12:23Job 7:5Ps 102:3Ps 41:8Job 30:18

Psalms 38:8⁸I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Job 3:24Ps 32:3Job 30:28Isa 59:11Ps 22:1-2

Psalms 38:9⁹O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 10:172 Cor 5:2Ps 6:6Rom 8:26-27John 1:48Ps 102:5Rom 8:22-23Ps 102:20

Psalms 38:10¹⁰My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me. I can hardly see.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 6:7Ps 88:9Ps 69:3Lam 5:16-17Ps 119:1231 Sam 14:27-29Isa 21:4Lam 2:11Ps 119:81-83Ps 143:4-7

Psalms 38:11¹¹Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 23:49Ps 31:11Job 19:13-17John 16:32Luke 10:31-32Luke 22:54Ps 88:18Job 6:21-23Matt 26:56Isa 53:4

Psalms 38:12¹²Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words. All day long they say deceitful things.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Sam 17:1-3Ps 35:20Ps 140:52 Sam 16:7-8Luke 20:19-22Ps 119:110Ps 141:9Ps 35:4Ps 54:3Ps 64:2-5

Psalms 38:13¹³But I am like a deaf man—I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 53:7Ps 39:91 Pet 2:23Ps 39:22 Sam 16:10-12

Psalms 38:14¹⁴I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Amos 5:13John 8:6Mark 15:3-5Mic 7:5

Psalms 38:15¹⁵Yet I wait for you, O Lord! You will respond, O Lord, my God!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 39:7Ps 17:6Ps 138:3Ps 123:1-3

Psalms 38:16¹⁶I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 32:35Ps 94:18Ps 13:3-4Ps 35:24-26

Psalms 38:17¹⁷For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 35:15Ps 6:6Isa 53:3-5Mic 4:6-7Ps 38:6Ps 77:2-3

Psalms 38:18¹⁸Yes, I confess my wrongdoing, and I am concerned about my sins.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 28:13Ps 32:5Job 33:27Ps 51:32 Cor 7:7-11Job 31:33

Psalms 38:19¹⁹But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; those who hate me without cause outnumber me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 15:18-25Ps 35:19Matt 10:22Ps 69:4Acts 4:25-28Ps 18:17Ps 25:19Ps 3:1Ps 56:1-2Ps 59:1-3

Psalms 38:20²⁰They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 35:121 John 3:12Jer 18:201 Pet 4:14-16John 10:321 Sam 25:21Ps 109:3-51 Pet 3:131 Pet 3:17-181 Sam 19:4-6

Psalms 38:21²¹Do not abandon me, O Lord. My God, do not remain far away from me.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 22:19Ps 22:24Ps 22:11Ps 35:21-22Ps 22:1

Psalms 38:22²²Hurry and help me, O Lord, my deliverer.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 40:13Ps 27:1Isa 12:2Ps 141:1Ps 71:12Ps 40:17Ps 62:6Ps 70:1Ps 70:5Ps 62:2