(Psalm 38:1–22)

¹ For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith.¹ A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

1. Sheminith is probably a musical term; here and in 1 Chronicles 15:21 and Psalm 12:1.

² Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.

³ My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?

⁴ Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.

⁵ For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?

⁶ I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

⁷ My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.

⁸ Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.

⁹ The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.

¹⁰ All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.