38:8 I am numb with pain and severely battered; 1
I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel. 2
38:9 O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; 3
my groaning is not hidden from you.
38:10 My heart beats quickly;
my strength leaves me;
I can hardly see. 4
38:11 Because of my condition, 5 even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; 6
my neighbors stand far away. 7
38:12 Those who seek my life try to entrap me; 8
those who want to harm me speak destructive words;
all day long they say deceitful things.
38:13 But I am like a deaf man – I hear nothing;
I am like a mute who cannot speak. 9
38:14 I am like a man who cannot hear
and is incapable of arguing his defense. 10
38:15 Yet 11 I wait for you, O Lord!
You will respond, O Lord, my God!
38:16 I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; 12
when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me. 13
38:17 For I am about to stumble,
and I am in constant pain. 14
38:18 Yes, 15 I confess my wrongdoing,
and I am concerned about my sins.
38:19 But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; 16
those who hate me without cause outnumber me. 17
38:20 They repay me evil for the good I have done;
though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me. 18
38:21 Do not abandon me, O Lord!
My God, do not remain far away from me!
38:22 Hurry and help me, 19 O Lord, my deliverer!