Psalms 38

1 A PSALM OF DAVID. “TO CAUSE TO REMEMBER.” YHWH, do not reprove me in Your wrath, Nor discipline me in Your fury.

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

2 For Your arrows have come down on me, And You let down Your hand on me.

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

3 Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Your indignation, Peace is not in my bones, Because of my sin.

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

4 For my iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden—too heavy for me.

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

5 Stunk—my wounds have become corrupt, Because of my folly.

My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

6 I have been bent down, I have been bowed down—to excess, I have gone mourning all the day.

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

7 For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.

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

8 I have been feeble and struck—to excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.

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

9 Lord, all my desire [is] before You, And my sighing has not been hid from You.

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

10 My heart [is] panting, my power has forsaken me, And the light of my eyes, Even they are not with me.

My heart pants, 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 before my plague. And my neighbors have stood far off.

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

12 And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they meditate [on] deceits all the day.

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.

13 And I, as deaf, do not hear. And as a mute one who does not open his mouth.

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

14 Indeed, I am as a man who does not hear, And in his mouth are no reproofs.

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

15 Because for You, O YHWH, I have waited, You answer, O Lord my God.

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

16 When I said, “Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot they magnified themselves against me.”

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

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

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

18 For I declare my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.

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

19 And my enemies [are] lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.

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

20 And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.

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

21 Do not forsake me, O YHWH, My God, do not be far from me,

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

22 Hurry to help me, O Lord, my salvation!

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.