Psalms 38

1 A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

`The salm of Dauid, to bythenke on the sabat. Lord, repreue thou not me in thi strong veniaunce; nether chastice thou me in thin ire.

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

For thin arowis ben fitchid in me; and thou hast confermed thin hond on me.

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

Noon helthe is in my fleisch fro the face of thin ire; no pees is to my boonys fro the face of my synnes.

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

For my wickidnessis ben goon ouer myn heed; as an heuy birthun, tho ben maad heuy on me.

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

Myn heelid woundis weren rotun, and ben brokun; fro the face of myn vnwisdom.

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

I am maad a wretche, and Y am bowid doun til in to the ende; al dai Y entride sorewful.

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

For my leendis ben fillid with scornyngis; and helthe is not in my fleisch.

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

I am turmentid, and maad low ful greetli; Y roride for the weilyng of myn herte.

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

Lord, al my desire is bifor thee; and my weilyng is not hid fro thee.

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

Myn herte is disturblid in me, my vertu forsook me; and the liyt of myn iyen `forsook me, and it is not with me.

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

My frendis and my neiyboris neiyiden; and stoden ayens me. And thei that weren bisidis me stoden afer;

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

and thei diden violence, that souyten my lijf. And thei that souyten yuels to me, spaken vanytees; and thouyten gilis al dai.

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

But Y as a deef man herde not; and as a doumb man not openynge his mouth.

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

And Y am maad as a man not herynge; and not hauynge repreuyngis in his mouth.

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

For, Lord, Y hopide in thee; my Lord God, thou schalt here me.

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

For Y seide, Lest ony tyme myn enemyes haue ioye on me; and the while my feet ben mouyd, thei spaken grete thingis on me.

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

For Y am redi to betyngis; and my sorewe is euere in my siyt.

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

For Y schal telle my wickidnesse; and Y schal thenke for my synne.

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

But myn enemyes lyuen, and ben confermed on me; and thei ben multiplyed, that haten me wickidli.

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

Thei that yelden yuels for goodis, backbitiden me; for Y suede goodnesse.

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

My Lord God, forsake thou not me; go thou not awei fro me.

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

Lord God of myn helthe; biholde thou in to myn help.