All my longings(A) lie open before you, Lord;
    my sighing(B) is not hidden from you.
10 My heart pounds,(C) my strength fails(D) me;
    even the light has gone from my eyes.(E)
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(F)
    my neighbors stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,(G)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;(H)
    all day long they scheme and lie.(I)

13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,(J)
    like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 I have become like one who does not hear,
    whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 Lord, I wait(K) for you;
    you will answer,(L) Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat(M)
    or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”(N)

17 For I am about to fall,(O)
    and my pain(P) is ever with me.
18 I confess my iniquity;(Q)
    I am troubled by my sin.
19 Many have become my enemies(R) without cause[a];
    those who hate me(S) without reason(T) are numerous.
20 Those who repay my good with evil(U)
    lodge accusations(V) against me,
    though I seek only to do what is good.

21 Lord, do not forsake me;(W)
    do not be far(X) from me, my God.
22 Come quickly(Y) to help me,(Z)
    my Lord and my Savior.(AA)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 38:19 One Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript; Masoretic Text my vigorous enemies

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