{"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/kjv/psalms/38","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T17:53:57.710Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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":"<i>There is</i> no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither <i>is there any</i> rest 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 <i>and</i> are corrupt because of my foolishness."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"For my loins are filled with a loathsome <i>disease</i>: and <i>there is</i> no soundness in my flesh."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Lord, all my desire <i>is</i> before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"My heart panteth, 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 sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"They also that seek after my life lay snares <i>for me</i>: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"But I, as a deaf <i>man</i>, heard not; and <i>I was</i> as a dumb man <i>that</i> openeth not his mouth."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth <i>are</i> no reproofs."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For I said, <i>Hear me</i>, lest <i>otherwise</i> they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify <i>themselves</i> against me."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"For I <i>am</i> ready to halt, and my sorrow <i>is</i> 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 <i>are</i> lively, <i>and</i> they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow <i>the thing that</i> good <i>is</i>."},{"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 (KJV)","markdown":"[Psalms 38](https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/38)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/psalms/38 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}