< Psalms 38 >

1 A Melody of David. To bring to Remembrance. O Yahweh, do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me;
O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath, nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 For, thine arrows, have sunk down into me, and thy hand, presseth heavily upon me.
For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presses me severely.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh, By reason of thine indignation, There is no peace in my bones, By reason 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, have passed over my head, Like a 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 are of bad odour—they have festered, by reason of my folly:
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
6 I am bent, I am bowed down very low. All the day, have I gloomily walked;
I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all the day long.
7 For, my loins, are filled with inflammation, 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 benumbed and crushed exceedingly, —I have cried aloud because of the groaning of my heart.
I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned because of the disquietness of my heart.
9 O My Lord! before thee, is all my longing, and, my sighing, from thee, hath not been hid:
Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 My heart, fluttereth, my strength hath forsaken me, and, as for the light of mine eyes, even they, are not with 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, from before my stroke, stand aloof, —and, my near ones, far away, do stand:
Those I love and my friends stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 Yea they who are seeking my life, have laid snares, and they who are asking my harm, have threatened engulfing ruin, And, deceitful things—all day long, do they mutter.
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 one deaf, will not hear, —and as one dumb, who will not open his mouth:
But I, as a deaf man, hear not. And I am as a mute man who opens not his mouth.
14 Thus have I become as a man who cannot hear, in whose mouth are no arguments:
Yea, I am as a man who hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 Because, for thee, O Yahweh, have I waited, Thou, wilt answer, O Adonay, my God!
For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope. Thou will answer, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, Lest they rejoice over me! When my feet were tottering, against me, have they magnified themselves:
For I said, Lest they rejoice over me. When my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For, I, to halt, am ready, and, my pain, is before me continually;
For I am ready to fall, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For, mine iniquity, will I declare, I shall be anxious because of my sin;
For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
19 And, my foes, are alive—have become strong, —and multiplied are they who hate me for false cause:
But my enemies are energetic, and are strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 Even they who are repaying evil for good, accuse me because I pursue the good.
They also who render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Yahweh, 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, My Lord, my deliverance!
Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.

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