New King James Version

Psalms 38:4-15 New King James Version (NKJV)

4. For my iniquities have gone over my head;Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5. My wounds are foul and festeringBecause of my foolishness.

6. I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly;I go mourning all the day long.

7. For my loins are full of inflammation,And there is no soundness in my flesh.

8. I am feeble and severely broken;I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.

9. Lord, all my desire is before You;And my sighing is not hidden from You.

10. My heart pants, my strength fails me;As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.

11. My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague,And my relatives stand afar off.

12. Those also who seek my life lay snares for me;Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction,And plan deception all the day long.

13. But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.

14. Thus I am like a man who does not hear,And in whose mouth is no response.

15. For in You, O Lord, I hope;You will hear, O Lord my God.