Psalm 38:1-8
A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath! For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness, I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning. For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
What is there in my soul that has not been exposed to the Light? What filth and deception is hiding within me to separate me from You? Show lurking sin no mercy, Lord, excise it and restore to me a clean heart. Continue that work of sanctification in me that began with the cross and will end at Your return. Your love and mercy knows no boundaries, Your grace is triumphant over all my sin.
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