{"reader_html":"<h1 class=\"chapter-heading\">The Book of Psalms<span class=\"chapter-label\">Chapter 38<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"verse-para\"><span class=\"dropcap-wrap\" data-v=\"1\"><span class=\"dropcap\" title=\"Compare verse 1 across translations\" onclick=\"loadParallel(1,19,38,1,&quot;Psalms&quot;)\">O<\/span> lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.<\/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 thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.<\/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 soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.<\/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 mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for 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 wounds stink and are corrupt because 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 am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the 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 are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness 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 am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness 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\">Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.<\/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 panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from 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 lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.<\/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\">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.<\/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 I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not 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\">Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.<\/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 thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, 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, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves 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 am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually 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 declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for 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 mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are 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\">They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.<\/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\">Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far 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\">Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.<\/span> <\/p>\n<div class=\"bottom-nav\"><a href=\"\/kjv\/1\/19\/37\" class=\"nav-btn-lg nav-ajax\">&lsaquo; 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