The Burden of Sin and Illness

Psalms 38:1-8

A psalm of David, serving as a reminder: ADONAI, don't rebuke me when you are angry or discipline me when you are enraged,

for your arrows penetrate me deeply, and your hand is pressing me down.

Your indignation left no part of me intact; my sin made my whole body sick;

for my iniquities loom high over my head as a heavy burden, too heavy for me.

I have stinking, festering wounds because of my foolishness.

I am bent down, prostrate completely; I go about mourning all day long.

For my insides burn with fever, and my whole body is sick.

I am numb, completely crushed; my anguished heart makes me groan aloud.