September 9: Psalm 38; 1 Samuel 29–30; Daniel 10–11:1; Luke 7:1–35

Psalms and Wisdom: Psalm 38 Psalm 38 (Listen) Do Not Forsake Me, O Lord A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. 38   O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger,<br />    nor discipline me in your wrath!<br />2   For your arrows have sunk into me,<br />    and your hand has come down on me.<br /> 3   There is no soundness in my flesh<br />    because of your indignation;<br />  there is no health in my bones<br />    because of my sin.<br />4   For my iniquities have gone over my head;<br />    like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.<br /> 5   My wounds stink and fester<br />    because of my foolishness,<br />6   I am utterly bowed down and prostrate;<br />    all the day I go about mourning.<br />7   For my sides are filled with burning,<br />    and there is no soundness in my flesh.<br />8   I am feeble and crushed;<br />    I groan because of the tumult of my heart.<br /> 9   O Lord, all my longing is before