Psalms 38
1 O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath, nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory. O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presses me severely.
For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation, nor is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.
5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.
6 I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all the day long.
I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
7 For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.
8 I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned because of the disquietness of my heart.
I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee.
Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you.
10 My heart throbs, my strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.
11 Those I love and my friends stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.
12 Those also who seek after my life lay snares for me. And those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.
13 But I, as a deaf man, hear not. And I am as a mute man who opens not his mouth.
But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.
14 Yea, I am as a man who hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.
15 For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope. Thou will answer, O Lord my God.
In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.
16 For I said, Lest they rejoice over me. When my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.
I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.
17 For I am ready to fall, and my sorrow is continually before me.
My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.
18 For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.
19 But my enemies are energetic, and are strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.
20 They also who render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.
They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.
21 Forsake me not, O Jehovah. O my God, be not far from me.
Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation.
