Summary: <div class="poetry"> <p><strong> Hi, this is Ricky and our Daily Devotional today is found in Psalm 38. </strong><strong>Feel free to read along in the show notes below.</strong><br> <strong>Also, I’d love to hear your thoughts on this scripture so comment on this episode at <a href="http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-38/">http://dailydevotionalpodcast.com/podcast/psalm-38/</a>.</strong></p> <p class="line"><span class="chapter-2"><span class="text Ps-38-1"><span class="chapternum">1 </span>O <span class="small-caps">Lord</span>, rebuke me not in your anger,</span></span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-38-1">nor discipline me in your wrath!</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14493" class="text Ps-38-2"><sup class="versenum">2 </sup>For your arrows have sunk into me,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-38-2">and your hand has come down on me.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14494" class="text Ps-38-3"><sup class="versenum">3 </sup>There is no soundness in my flesh</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-38-3">because of your indignation;</span></span><br> <span class="text Ps-38-3">there is no health in my bones</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-38-3">because of my sin.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14495" class="text Ps-38-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>For my iniquities have gone over my head;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-38-4">like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14496" class="text Ps-38-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>My wounds stink and fester</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-38-5">because of my foolishness,</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14497" class="text Ps-38-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-38-6">all the day I go about mourning.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14498" class="text Ps-38-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>For my sides are filled with burning,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-38-7">and there is no soundness in my flesh.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14499" class="text Ps-38-8"><sup class="versenum">8 </sup>I am feeble and crushed;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-38-8">I groan because of the tumult of my heart.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14500" class="text Ps-38-9"><sup class="versenum">9 </sup>O Lord, all my longing is before you;</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-38-9">my sighing is not hidden from you.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14501" class="text Ps-38-10"><sup class="versenum">10 </sup>My heart throbs; my strength fails me,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-38-10">and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.</span></span><br> <span id="en-ESV-14502" class="text Ps-38-11"><sup class="versenum">11 </sup>My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague,</span><br> <span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Ps-38-11">and my nearest kin stand far off.</span></span></p> </div> <div class="poetry top-1"> <p class="line"><span id="en-ESV-14503" class="text Ps-38-12"><sup class="versenum">12 </sup>Those who seek my life lay their snare</span></p> </div>
