Psalms 38

1 O lord, rebuke me not in your wrath: neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2 For your arrows stick fast in me, and your hand presses me sore.

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me.

3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; no peace in my bones, because of my sin.

4 For my iniquities are gone over my head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.

6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day.

7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart.

9 Lord, all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hid from you.

Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee.

10 My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.

11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

And they that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.

13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth.

But I, as a deaf [man], hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14 Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15 For in you, O LORD, do I hope: you will hear, O Lord my God.

For in thee, Jehovah, do I hope: thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.

For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified [themselves] against me.

17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me.

18 For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

For I will declare mine iniquity, I am grieved for my sin.

19 But my enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied:

20 They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.

21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me.

22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.