Psalms 38

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

O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath, nor 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 presses me severely.

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, nor is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

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

For my iniquities have 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 are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.

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

I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all the day long.

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

For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the chaos of 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; and my groaning is not hid from you.

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

10 My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also 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 stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand far off.

Those I love and my friends stand aloof from my plague, 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.

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, 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 I am as a mute man who opens 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 who hears 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, O Jehovah, do I hope. Thou will 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, Lest they rejoice over me. When my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.

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

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

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

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

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

But my enemies are energetic, and are strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

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

They also who render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.

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

Forsake me not, O 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.