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Prayer of an AFFLICTED SINNER - Psalm 38 - O Lord, do not punish me in your rage

This is Psalm 38 as sung in Gregorian chant (in English) by the Men and Boys Choir of the Metropolitan Cathedral of the Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ [ex vero Sanguinis Domini nostri Jesu Christi]. The choirmaster is James O'Donnell. The choir recorded this piece in 1994. Psalm 38 is entitled, "Prayer of an Afflicted Sinner." In English it reads as follows: ‘O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; do not punish me, Lord in your rage.] Your arrows have sunk deep in me; your hand has come down upon me. Through your anger all my body is sick: through my sin, there is no health in my limbs. My guilt towers higher than my head; it is a weight too heavy to bear. My wounds are foul and festering, the result of my own folly. I am bowed and brought to my knees. I go mourning all the day long. All my frame bums with fever; all my body is sick. Spent and utterly crushed, I cry aloud in anguish of heart. O Lord, you know all my longing: my groans are not hidden from you. My heart throbs. My strength is spent; the very light has gone from my eyes. My friends avoid me like a leper; those closest to me stand afar off. Those who plot against my life lay snares; those who seek my ruin speak of harm, planning treachery all the day long. But I am like the deaf who cannot hear, like the dumb unable to speak. I am like a man who hears nothing in whose mouth is no defense. I count on you, O Lord: it is you, Lord God, who will answer. I pray: "Do not let them mock me, those who triumph if my foot should slip." For I am on the point of falling and my pain is always before me. I confess that I am guilty and my sin fills me with dismay. My wanton enemies are numberless and my lying foes are many. They repay me evil for good and attack me for seeking what is right. O Lord, do not forsake me! My God, do not stay afar off! Make haste and come to my help, O Lord, my God, my Saviour!” Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end, Amen! In this lament, one of the Penitential Psalms (cf. Ps 6), the psalmist acknowledges the sin that has brought physical and mental sickness and social ostracism. There is no one to turn to for help; only God can undo the past and restore the psalmist. From the New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE) #deus #dieu #prayer