{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/38","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T05:12:48.122Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Psalms","bookSlug":"psalms","chapter":38,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":37,"nextChapter":39,"totalChapters":150,"totalVerses":22},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"{A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.} Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; no peace in my bones, because of my sin."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And they that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For in thee, Jehovah, do I hope: thou wilt answer, O Lord my God."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified themselves against me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For I will declare mine iniquity, I am grieved for my sin."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied:"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 38 (DBT)","markdown":"[Psalms 38](https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/38)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/psalms/38 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}