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 CAUSE TO REMEMBER.” YHWH, do not reprove me in Your wrath, Nor discipline me in Your fury.
2 For, thine arrows, have sunk down into me, and thy hand, presseth heavily upon me.
For Your arrows have come down on me, And You let down Your hand on me.
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;
Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Your indignation, Peace is not 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 passed over my head, As a heavy burden—too heavy for me.
5 My wounds are of bad odour—they have festered, by reason of my folly:
Stunk—my wounds have become corrupt, Because of my folly.
6 I am bent, I am bowed down very low. All the day, have I gloomily walked;
I have been bent down, I have been bowed down—to excess, I have gone mourning all the day.
7 For, my loins, are filled with inflammation, and there is no soundness in my flesh:
For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.
8 I am benumbed and crushed exceedingly, —I have cried aloud because of the groaning of my heart.
I have been feeble and struck—to excess, I have roared from disquietude of 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 You, And my sighing has not been hid from You.
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 [is] panting, my power has forsaken me, And the light of my eyes, Even they are not with 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 before my plague. And my neighbors have stood far 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.
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.
13 But, I, as one deaf, will not hear, —and as one dumb, who will not open his mouth:
And I, as deaf, do not hear. And as a mute one who does not open his mouth.
14 Thus have I become as a man who cannot hear, in whose mouth are no arguments:
Indeed, I am as a man who does not hear, And in his mouth are no reproofs.
15 Because, for thee, O Yahweh, have I waited, Thou, wilt answer, O Adonay, my God!
Because for You, O YHWH, I have waited, You 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:
When I said, “Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot they magnified 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 pain [is] continually before me.
18 For, mine iniquity, will I declare, I shall be anxious because of my sin;
For I declare my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.
19 And, my foes, are alive—have become strong, —and multiplied are they who hate me for false cause:
And my enemies [are] lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.
20 Even they who are repaying evil for good, accuse me because I pursue the good.
And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Yahweh, My God! be not far from me:
Do not forsake me, O YHWH, My God, do not be far from me,
22 Make haste to help me, My Lord, my deliverance!
Hurry to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
