Psalms 38
1 A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath. O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath.
A Psalm of David for remembrance concerning the Sabbath-day. O Lord, rebuke me not in your wrath, neither chasten me in your anger.
2 For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.
For your weapons are fixed in me, and you have pressed your hand heavily upon me.
3 There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face of my sins.
For there is no health in my flesh because of your anger; there is no peace to my bones because of my sins.
4 For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.
For my transgressions have gone over mine head: they have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden.
5 My sores have putrefied and been corrupted before the face of my foolishness.
My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
6 I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long.
I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a mourning countenance all the day.
7 For my loins have been filled with illusions, and there is no health in my flesh.
For my soul is filled with mockings; and there is no health in my flesh.
8 I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart.
I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly: I have roared for the groaning of my heart.
9 O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.
But all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hidden from you.
10 My heart has been disturbed. My strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes has abandoned me, and it is not with me.
My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me; and the light of mine eyes is not with me.
11 My friends and my neighbors have drawn near and stood against me. And those who were next to me stood far apart. And those who sought my soul used violence.
My friends and my neighbors drew near before me, and stood still; and my nearest of kin stood afar off.
12 And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.
While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day.
13 But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth.
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and was as a dumb man not opening his mouth.
14 And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.
And I was as a man that hears not, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.
15 For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God.
For I hoped in you, O Lord: you will hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Lest at any time, my enemies might rejoice over me,” and, “While my feet are being shaken, they have spoken great things against me.”
For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me: for when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me.
17 For I have been prepared for scourges, and my sorrow is ever before me.
For I am ready for plagues, and my grief is continually before me.
18 For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin.
For I will declare mine iniquity, and be distressed for my sin.
19 But my enemies live, and they have been stronger than me. And those who have wrongfully hated me have been multiplied.
But mine enemies live, and are mightier than I: and they that hate me unjustly are multiplied.
20 Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness.
They that reward evil for good slandered me; because I followed righteousness.
21 Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me.
Forsake me not, O Lord my God: depart not from me.
22 Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.
Draw near to my help, O Lord of my salvation.
