Psalms 38

1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

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

There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest 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 overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

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

My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.

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

I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

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 pain, and no soundness remains in my body.

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

I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

9 Lord, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

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

My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

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

My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

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 who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

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

But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

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

I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.

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

For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

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

For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

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

Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

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

Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

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

Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

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

Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.

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

Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.