Psalms 38

1 [A Psalm by David, for a memorial.] LORD, do not rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

“A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.” O Lord, correct me not in thy wrath, nor chastise me in thy fury.

2 For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.

For thy arrows have penetrated into me, and thy hand presseth down upon me.

3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation: there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.

4 For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

For my iniquities are passed over my head, as a heavy burden are they too heavy for me.

5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.

Foul, corrupt are my bruises because of my folly.

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

I am bent double; I am bowed down to the utmost; all the day long I go about full of grief.

7 For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.

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

8 I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.

I am made faint and crushed to the utmost; I cry aloud because of the groaning of my heart.

9 Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.

Lord, before thee is all my longing; and my sighing is from thee not hidden.

10 My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

My heart is restless, my strength hath left me; and the light of my eyes—that also is no more with me.

11 My loved ones and my friends keep their distance because of my affliction. My kinsmen stand far away.

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

12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

They also that seek after my life lay snares; and they that wish for my mishap speak wicked falsehoods; and deceits do they devise all the day long.

13 But I, as a deaf man, do not hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.

But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and I am as a dumb man that cannot open his mouth.

14 Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.

Thus am I as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no words of defence.

15 For in you, LORD, do I hope. You will answer, LORD my God.

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

16 For I said, "Do not let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

For I said, Perhaps they might rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they might magnify themselves over me.

17 For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.

For I am prepared for [my] downfall, and my pain is continually before me.

18 Yes, I confess my iniquity. I am anxious because of my sin.

For I will tell of my iniquity; I will be grieved because of my sin.

19 But my enemies, for no reason, are many. Those who hate me wrongfully are numerous.

But my enemies are strong in life; and numerous are those that hate me wrongfully;

20 They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

They also that repay [me] evil in lieu of good; they hate me bitterly because I pursue what is good.

21 Do not forsake me, LORD. 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, LORD, my salvation.

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