Psalms 38
1 A Psalm by David, for a memorial. LORD, do not rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
A Melody of David. To bring to Remembrance. O Yahweh, do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me;
2 For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
For, thine arrows, have sunk down into me, and thy hand, presseth heavily upon me.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
There is no soundness in my flesh, By reason of thine indignation, There is no peace in my bones, By reason of my sin;
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
For, mine iniquities, have passed over my head, Like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me:
5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.
My wounds are of bad odour—they have festered, by reason of my folly:
6 I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
I am bent, I am bowed down very low. All the day, have I gloomily walked;
7 For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
For, my loins, are filled with inflammation, and there is no soundness in my flesh:
8 I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
I am benumbed and crushed exceedingly, —I have cried aloud because of the groaning of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
O My Lord! before thee, is all my longing, and, my sighing, from thee, hath not been hid:
10 My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
My heart, fluttereth, my strength hath forsaken me, and, as for the light of mine eyes, even they, are not with me:
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
My lovers, and my friends, from before my stroke, stand aloof, —and, my near ones, far away, do stand:
12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
Yea they who are seeking my life, have laid snares, and they who are asking my harm, have threatened engulfing ruin, And, deceitful things—all day long, do they mutter.
13 But I, as a deaf man, do not hear. I am as a mute man who does not open his mouth.
But, I, as one deaf, will not hear, —and as one dumb, who will not open his mouth:
14 Yes, I am as a man who does not hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Thus have I become as a man who cannot hear, in whose mouth are no arguments:
15 For I hope in you, LORD. You will answer, Lord my God.
Because, for thee, O Yahweh, have I waited, Thou, wilt answer, O Adonay, my God!
16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
For I said, Lest they rejoice over me! When my feet were tottering, against me, have they magnified themselves:
17 For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
For, I, to halt, am ready, and, my pain, is before me continually;
18 For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
For, mine iniquity, will I declare, I shall be anxious because of my sin;
19 But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
And, my foes, are alive—have become strong, —and multiplied are they who hate me for false cause:
20 They who render evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
Even they who are repaying evil for good, accuse me because I pursue the good.
21 Do not forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be far from me.
Do not forsake me, O Yahweh, My God! be not far from me:
22 Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
Make haste to help me, My Lord, my deliverance!
