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.

`The salm of Dauid, to bythenke on the sabat. Lord, repreue thou not me in thi strong veniaunce; nether chastice thou me in thin ire.

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

For thin arowis ben fitchid in me; and thou hast confermed thin hond on 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.

Noon helthe is in my fleisch fro the face of thin ire; no pees is to my boonys fro the face of my synnes.

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

For my wickidnessis ben goon ouer myn heed; as an heuy birthun, tho ben maad heuy on me.

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

Myn heelid woundis weren rotun, and ben brokun; fro the face of myn vnwisdom.

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

I am maad a wretche, and Y am bowid doun til in to the ende; al dai Y entride sorewful.

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

For my leendis ben fillid with scornyngis; and helthe is not in my fleisch.

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

I am turmentid, and maad low ful greetli; Y roride for the weilyng of myn herte.

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

Lord, al my desire is bifor thee; and my weilyng is not hid fro thee.

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

Myn herte is disturblid in me, my vertu forsook me; and the liyt of myn iyen `forsook me, and it is not with me.

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

My frendis and my neiyboris neiyiden; and stoden ayens me. And thei that weren bisidis me stoden afer;

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

and thei diden violence, that souyten my lijf. And thei that souyten yuels to me, spaken vanytees; and thouyten gilis al dai.

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

But Y as a deef man herde not; and as a doumb man not openynge his mouth.

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

And Y am maad as a man not herynge; and not hauynge repreuyngis in his mouth.

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

For, Lord, Y hopide in thee; my Lord God, thou schalt here me.

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

For Y seide, Lest ony tyme myn enemyes haue ioye on me; and the while my feet ben mouyd, thei spaken grete thingis on me.

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

For Y am redi to betyngis; and my sorewe is euere in my siyt.

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

For Y schal telle my wickidnesse; and Y schal thenke for my synne.

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

But myn enemyes lyuen, and ben confermed on me; and thei ben multiplyed, that haten me wickidli.

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

Thei that yelden yuels for goodis, backbitiden me; for Y suede goodnesse.

21 Do not forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be far from me.

My Lord God, forsake thou not me; go thou not awei fro me.

22 Hurry to help me, LORD, my salvation.

Lord God of myn helthe; biholde thou in to myn help.