{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">Psalms<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 38<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"1\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,1,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">1<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath. O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"2\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,2,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">2<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"3\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,3,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">3<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face of my sins.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"4\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,4,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">4<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"5\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,5,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">5<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">My sores have putrefied and been corrupted before the face of my foolishness.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"6\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,6,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">6<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"7\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,7,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">7<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For my loins have been filled with illusions, and there is no health in my flesh.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"8\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,8,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">8<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"9\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,9,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">9<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"10\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,10,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">10<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">My heart has been disturbed. My strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes has abandoned me, and it is not with me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"11\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,11,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">11<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">My friends and my neighbors have drawn near and stood against me. And those who were next to me stood far apart. And those who sought my soul used violence.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"12\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,12,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">12<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"13\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,13,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">13<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"14\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,14,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">14<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"15\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,15,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">15<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"16\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,16,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">16<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For I said, “Lest at any time, my enemies might rejoice over me,” and, “While my feet are being shaken, they have spoken great things against me.”<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"17\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,17,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">17<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For I have been prepared for scourges, and my sorrow is ever before me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"18\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,18,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">18<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"19\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,19,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">19<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">But my enemies live, and they have been stronger than me. And those who have wrongfully hated me have been multiplied.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"20\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,20,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">20<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"21\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,21,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">21<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me.<\/span> <\/p>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><sup class=\"vnum\" data-v=\"22\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,22,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">22<\/sup><span class=\"vtext\">Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/cpdv\/1\/19\/37\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; Previous<\/a><a href=\"\/cpdv\/1\/19\/39\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">Next &rsaquo;<\/a><\/div>\n","page_title":"Psalms, Chapter 38 — Catholic Public Domain Version","book_title":"Psalms","toolbar_title":"Psalms — Ch. 38","prev_url":"\/cpdv\/1\/19\/37","next_url":"\/cpdv\/1\/19\/39","tid":1,"book_id":19,"chapter":38,"num_chapters":150,"trans":"CPDV","is_rtl":false,"strongs_data":{},"bsb_glosses":{},"book_name":"Psalms","canonical_url":"https:\/\/accept.gift\/cpdv\/1\/19\/38","meta_desc":"A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath. O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath. 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