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 psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger; do not punish me in your wrath.

2 For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down.

3 There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

My whole body is sick because of your anger; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.

4 For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

For my iniquities overwhelm me; they are a burden too heavy for me.

5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.

My wounds are infected and smell because of my foolish sins.

6 I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

I am stooped over and humiliated every day; I go about mourning all day long.

7 For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.

For within me, I am filled with burning; there is no health in my flesh.

8 I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

I am numb and utterly crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart.

9 O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

Lord, you understand my heart's deepest yearnings, and my groanings are not hidden from you.

10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

My heart pounds, my strength fades, and my eyesight dims.

11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

My friends and companions shun me because of my condition; my neighbors stand far off.

12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

Those who seek my life lay snares for me. They who seek my harm speak destructive words and say deceitful words all day long.

13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

But I, I am like a deaf man and hear nothing; I am like a mute man who says nothing.

14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

I am like a man who does not hear and who has no reply.

15 I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.

Surely I wait for you, Yahweh; you will answer, Lord my God.

16 For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

I say this so that my enemies will not gloat over me. If my foot slips, they will do terrible things to me.

17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.

18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

I confess my guilt; I am concerned about my sin.

19 Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

But my enemies are numerous; those who hate me wrongfully are many.

20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

They repay me evil for good; they hurl accusations at me although I have pursued what is good.

21 Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.

Do not abandon me, Yahweh; my God, do not stay far away from me.

22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.

Come quickly to help me, Lord, my salvation.