Psalm 38
Psalm 38
WINDSOR (DUNDEE)  |  Same-Tune Hymns  |  Bible Passage
Author: 1650 Scottish Psalter
Musician: Damon's Psalter, The Second Booke of the Musicke, 1591
Rhythm as in Scottish Psalter, 1615

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 1  In thy great indignätion,
       O Lord, rebuke me not;
    Nor on me lay thy chast'ning hand,
       in thy displeasure hot.
 2  For in me fast thine arrows stick,
       thine hand doth press me sore:
 3  And in my flesh there is no health,
       nor soundness any more.

    This grief I have, because thy wrath
       is forth against me gone;
    And in my bones there is no rest,
       for sin that I have done.
 4  Because gone up above mine head
       my great transgressions be;
    And, as a weighty burden, they
       too heavy are for me.

 5  My wounds do stink, and are corrupt;
       my folly makes it so.
 6  I troubled am, and much bowed down;
       all day I mourning go.
 7  For a disease that loathsome is
       so fills my loins with pain,
    That in my weak and weary flesh
       no soundness doth remain.

 8  So feeble and infirm am I,
       and broken am so sore,
    That, through disquiet of my heart,
       I have been made to roar.
 9  O Lord, all that I do desire
       is still before thine eye;
    And of my heart the secret groans
       not hidden are from thee.

10  My heart doth pant incessantly,
       my strength doth quite decay;
    As for mine eyes, their wonted light
       is from me gone away.
11  My lovers and my friends do stand
       at distance from my sore;
    And those do stand aloof that were
       kinsmen and kind before.

12  Yea, they that seek my life lay snares:
       who seek to do me wrong
    Speak things mischievous, and deceits
       imagine all day long.
13  But, as one deaf, that heareth not,
       I suffered all to pass;
    I as a dumb man did become,
       whose mouth not opened was:

14  As one that hears not, in whose mouth
       are no reproofs at all.
15  For, Lord, I hope in thee; my God,
       thou'lt hear me when I call.
16  For I said, Hear me, lest they should
       rejoice o'er me with pride;
    And o'er me magnify themselves,
       when as my foot doth slide.

17  For I am near to halt, my grief
       is still before mine eye:
18  For I'll declare my sin, and grieve
       for mine iniquity.
19  But yet mine en'mies lively are,
       and strong are they beside;
    And they that hate me wrongfully
       are greatly multiplied.

20  And they for good that render ill,
       as en'mies me withstood;
    Yea, ev'n for this, because that I
       do follow what is good.
21  Forsake me not, O Lord; my God,
       far from me never be.
22  O Lord, thou my salvation art,
       haste to give help to me.


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BIBLE PASSAGE:

1 ¶ O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 ¶ They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.