Psalms 38
1 O YHWH, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
| מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד לְהַזְכִּֽיר׃ יְֽהוָה אַל־בְּקֶצְפְּךָ תוֹכִיחֵנִי וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃ |
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
| כִּֽי־חִצֶּיךָ נִחֲתוּ בִי וַתִּנְחַת עָלַי יָדֶֽךָ׃ |
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
| אֵין־מְתֹם בִּבְשָׂרִי מִפְּנֵי זַעְמֶךָ אֵין־שָׁלוֹם בַּעֲצָמַי מִפְּנֵי חַטָּאתִֽי׃ |
4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
| כִּי עֲוֺנֹתַי עָבְרוּ רֹאשִׁי כְּמַשָּׂא כָבֵד יִכְבְּדוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ |
5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
| הִבְאִישׁוּ נָמַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָי מִפְּנֵי אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃ |
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
| נַעֲוֵיתִי שַׁחֹתִי עַד־מְאֹד כָּל־הַיּוֹם קֹדֵר הִלָּֽכְתִּי׃ |
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
| כִּֽי־כְסָלַי מָלְאוּ נִקְלֶה וְאֵין מְתֹם בִּבְשָׂרִֽי׃ |
8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
| נְפוּגוֹתִי וְנִדְכֵּיתִי עַד־מְאֹד שָׁאַגְתִּי מִֽנַּהֲמַת לִבִּֽי׃ |
9 YHWH, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
| אֲֽדנָי נֶגְדְּךָ כָל־תַּאֲוָתִי וְאַנְחָתִי מִמְּךָ לֹא־נִסְתָּֽרָה׃ |
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
| לִבִּי סְחַרְחַר עֲזָבַנִי כֹחִי וְֽאוֹר־עֵינַי גַּם־הֵם אֵין אִתִּֽי׃ |
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
| אֹֽהֲבַי ׀ וְרֵעַי מִנֶּגֶד נִגְעִי יַעֲמֹדוּ וּקְרוֹבַי מֵרָחֹק עָמָֽדוּ׃ |
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.
| וַיְנַקְשׁוּ ׀ מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשִׁי וְדֹרְשֵׁי רָעָתִי דִּבְּרוּ הַוּוֹת וּמִרְמוֹת כָּל־הַיּוֹם יֶהְגּֽוּ׃ |
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
| וַאֲנִי כְחֵרֵשׁ לֹא אֶשְׁמָע וּכְאִלֵּם לֹא יִפְתַּח־פִּֽיו׃ |
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
| וָאֱהִי כְּאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־שֹׁמֵעַ וְאֵין בְּפִיו תּוֹכָחֽוֹת׃ |
15 For in thee, O YHWH, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O YHWH my Elohim.
| כִּֽי־לְךָ יְהוָה הוֹחָלְתִּי אַתָּה תַעֲנֶה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהָֽי׃ |
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
| כִּֽי־אָמַרְתִּי פֶּן־יִשְׂמְחוּ־לִי בְּמוֹט רַגְלִי עָלַי הִגְדִּֽילוּ׃ |
17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
| כִּֽי־אֲנִי לְצֶלַע נָכוֹן וּמַכְאוֹבִי נֶגְדִּי תָמִֽיד׃ |
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
| כִּֽי־עֲוֺנִי אַגִּיד אֶדְאַג מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃ |
19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
| וְֽאֹיְבַי חַיִּים עָצֵמוּ וְרַבּוּ שֹׂנְאַי שָֽׁקֶר׃ |
20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
| וּמְשַׁלְּמֵי רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה יִשְׂטְנוּנִי תַּחַת רדופי־רָֽדְפִי־טֽוֹב׃ |
21 Forsake me not, O YHWH: O my Elohim, be not far from me.
| אַל־תַּֽעַזְבֵנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי אַל־תִּרְחַק מִמֶּֽנִּי׃ |
22 Make haste to help me, O YHWH my salvation.
| חוּשָׁה לְעֶזְרָתִי אֲדֹנָי תְּשׁוּעָתִֽי׃ |
