{"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/erv/psalms/38","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-09T23:41:00.718Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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. O LORD, 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 presseth me sore."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"My wounds stink and are corrupt, because of my foolishness."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I am faint and sore bruised: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and I 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, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt answer, O Lord my God."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"But mine enemies are lively, and are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"They also that render evil for good are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation."}],"citation":{"inline":"Psalms 38 (ERV)","markdown":"[Psalms 38](https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/38)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/psalms/38 (accessed 2026-06-09)."}}