Psalms 38
1 A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory. O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.
O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath, nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presses me severely.
3 My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation, nor is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.
For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.
For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.
I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned because of the disquietness of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you.
Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.
My heart throbs, my strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.
Those I love and my friends stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.
Those also who seek after my life lay snares for me. And those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
13 But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.
But I, as a deaf man, hear not. And I am as a mute man who opens not his mouth.
14 So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.
Yea, I am as a man who hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.
For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope. Thou will answer, O Lord my God.
16 I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.
For I said, Lest they rejoice over me. When my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.
17 My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.
For I am ready to fall, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.
For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.
But my enemies are energetic, and are strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.
They also who render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.
21 Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.
Forsake me not, O Jehovah. O my God, be not far from me.
22 Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation.
Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.
