Psalms 38
1 A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
Psalmus David, in rememorationem de sabbato. Domine, ne in furore tuo arguas me, neque in ira tua corripias me:
2 For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
quoniam sagittæ tuæ infixæ sunt mihi, et confirmasti super me manum tuam.
3 There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
Non est sanitas in carne mea, a facie iræ tuæ; non est pax ossibus meis, a facie peccatorum meorum:
4 For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
quoniam iniquitates meæ supergressæ sunt caput meum, et sicut onus grave gravatæ sunt super me.
5 My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
Putruerunt et corruptæ sunt cicatrices meæ, a facie insipientiæ meæ.
6 I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
Miser factus sum et curvatus sum usque in finem; tota die contristatus ingrediebar.
7 For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
Quoniam lumbi mei impleti sunt illusionibus, et non est sanitas in carne mea.
8 I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
Afflictus sum, et humiliatus sum nimis; rugiebam a gemitu cordis mei.
9 O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
Domine, ante te omne desiderium meum, et gemitus meus a te non est absconditus.
10 My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
Cor meum conturbatum est; dereliquit me virtus mea, et lumen oculorum meorum, et ipsum non est mecum.
11 My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
Amici mei et proximi mei adversum me appropinquaverunt, et steterunt; et qui juxta me erant, de longe steterunt: et vim faciebant qui quærebant animam meam.
12 Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
Et qui inquirebant mala mihi, locuti sunt vanitates, et dolos tota die meditabantur.
13 But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
Ego autem, tamquam surdus, non audiebam; et sicut mutus non aperiens os suum.
14 I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
Et factus sum sicut homo non audiens, et non habens in ore suo redargutiones.
15 I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
Quoniam in te, Domine, speravi; tu exaudies me, Domine Deus meus.
16 For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
Quia dixi: Nequando supergaudeant mihi inimici mei; et dum commoventur pedes mei, super me magna locuti sunt.
17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
Quoniam ego in flagella paratus sum, et dolor meus in conspectu meo semper.
18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
Quoniam iniquitatem meam annuntiabo, et cogitabo pro peccato meo.
19 Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
Inimici autem mei vivunt, et confirmati sunt super me: et multiplicati sunt qui oderunt me inique.
20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
Qui retribuunt mala pro bonis detrahebant mihi, quoniam sequebar bonitatem.
21 Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
Ne derelinquas me, Domine Deus meus; ne discesseris a me.
22 Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
Intende in adjutorium meum, Domine Deus salutis meæ.
