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 by David, for a memorial. LORD, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
2 For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me.
For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on 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.
There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me.
For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5 My sores have putrefied and been corrupted before the face of my foolishness.
My wounds are loathsome 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 am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
7 For my loins have been filled with illusions, and there is no health in my flesh.
For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart.
I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
9 O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden.
Lord, all my desire is before you. 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 throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left 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 lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
12 And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long.
They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
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, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.
14 And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.
Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God.
For I hope in you, LORD. You will answer, 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, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
17 For I have been prepared for scourges, and my sorrow is ever before me.
For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
18 For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin.
For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry 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 my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
20 Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness.
They who render evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me.
Don’t forsake me, LORD. My God, don’t be far from me.
22 Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation.
Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
