Psalm 38 (Cont'd.) Prayer in Time of Chastening

THE PSALMIST PRAYS:

There is no soundness in my flesh
Because of your anger,
Nor any 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 are foul and festering
Because of my foolishness.

PSALMIST DORIS PRAYS:

There is no vibrancy to my body
Because of your disdain,
My muscles lack strength
Because of my wrongdoings
For my ill-choosings have
  wrought havoc in my life.
Like a heavy weight they weigh me
  down.
My sores have an odor and are running
Because of my lack of foresightedness.  

THE PSALMIST PRAYS:

I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.  
For my loins are full of inflammation,
And there is no soundness in my flesh.
I am feeble and severely broken;
I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.

PSALMIST DORIS PRAYS:

I am in a quandry, I pace back and forth;
I am full of grief all the day long.
Inside my organs rumble
And there is no vibrancy to my body.
I am disoriented and terribly exhausted;
Long sighs escape from my lips,
  because of the deep hurt in my heart.

THE PSALMIST PRAYS:
Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
My heart pants, my strength fails me;
As for the light of my eyes, it also has
 gone from me.

PSALMIST DORIS PRAYS:
Lord, you know me.
My tremblings and hurt are an open wound
  before Your.
My heart races, my body fails me;
The aliveness in my eyes, it is gone.