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;
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither 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 presseth me sore.
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 anger; neither [is there any] rest 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 mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an 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 stink [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am bent, I am bowed down very low. All the day, have I gloomily walked;
I am troubled; I am 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 a loathsome [disease: ] 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 feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason 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 panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine 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:
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; 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.
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 But, I, as one deaf, will not hear, —and as one dumb, who will not open his mouth:
But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.
14 Thus have I become as a man who cannot hear, in whose mouth are no arguments:
Thus I was as a man that heareth 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 LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, 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, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.
17 For, I, to halt, am ready, and, my pain, is before me continually;
For I [am] ready to halt, 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 mine 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 mine enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 Even they who are repaying evil for good, accuse me because I pursue the good.
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow [the thing that] good [is].
21 Do not forsake me, O Yahweh, My God! be not far from me:
Forsake me not, O LORD: 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.
