Psalms 38
1 A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
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 deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
For, thine arrows, have sunk down into me, and thy hand, presseth heavily upon me.
3 There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest 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 overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
For, mine iniquities, have passed over my head, Like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me:
5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
My wounds are of bad odour—they have festered, by reason of my folly:
6 I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
I am bent, I am bowed down very low. All the day, have I gloomily walked;
7 For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
For, my loins, are filled with inflammation, and there is no soundness in my flesh:
8 I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
I am benumbed and crushed exceedingly, —I have cried aloud because of the groaning of my heart.
9 O Lord, my every 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 pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
My heart, fluttereth, my strength hath forsaken me, and, as for the light of mine eyes, even they, are not with me:
11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
My lovers, and my friends, from before my stroke, stand aloof, —and, my near ones, far away, do stand:
12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit 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 like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
But, I, as one deaf, will not hear, —and as one dumb, who will not open his mouth:
14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
Thus have I become as a man who cannot hear, in whose mouth are no arguments:
15 I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
Because, for thee, O Yahweh, have I waited, Thou, wilt answer, O Adonay, my God!
16 For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt 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, and my pain is ever with me.
For, I, to halt, am ready, and, my pain, is before me continually;
18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
For, mine iniquity, will I declare, I shall be anxious because of my sin;
19 Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
And, my foes, are alive—have become strong, —and multiplied are they who hate me for false cause:
20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
Even they who are repaying evil for good, accuse me because I pursue the good.
21 Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
Do not forsake me, O Yahweh, My God! be not far from me:
22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
Make haste to help me, My Lord, my deliverance!
