< Psalms 38 >
1 A psalm of David to make remembrance. O Yahweh may not in anger your you rebuke me and in wrath your may you chasten me.
A psalm of David, for a memorial. Lord, please don't condemn me because you're angry with me; don't punish me because you're furious with me!
2 For arrows your they have penetrated me and it has come down on me hand your.
Your arrows have pierced me deeply, your hand has come down hard on me.
3 There not [is] soundness in flesh my because of indignation your there not [is] health in bones my because of sin my.
Because you're so upset with me, not a single part of my body is healthy; I am completely sick because of my sins.
4 For iniquities my they have passed over head my like a burden heavy they are [too] heavy for me.
I'm drowning in guilt—the burden is too heavy to bear.
5 They stink they fester wounds my because of folly my.
My wounds are infected—they're smelling—all because of my stupidity.
6 I am bent down I am bent over up to muchness all the day mourning I have gone about.
I am bent over, doubled up in pain. The whole day I walk around crying my eyes out.
7 For loins my they are full burning [pain] and there not [is] soundness in flesh my.
Inside I'm burning up with fever; no part of my body is healthy.
8 I am numb and I am crushed up to muchness I roar from [the] groaning of heart my.
I'm worn out, totally down. I groan because of the anguish I feel in my heart.
9 O Lord [is] before you all desire my and sighing my from you not it is hidden.
Lord, you know what I desperately want, you hear every sigh I make.
10 Heart my it palpitates it has left me strength my and [the] light of eyes my also they not [are] with me.
My heart is racing, leaving me with no strength; my eyesight is failing.
11 Friends my - and companions my from before plague my they stand and kinsmen my from a distance they have stood.
My loved ones and my friends don't come near me because they're afraid of what I've got. Even my family keeps me at a distance.
12 And they set traps - [those who] seek life my and [those who] seek harm my they have spoken destruction and deceit all the day they devise.
Those who are trying to kill me set traps for me; those who want to hurt me make threats against me, working on their deceitful schemes all day long.
13 And I [am] like a deaf [person] not I hear and like a dumb [person] [who] not he opens mouth his.
I act as if I'm deaf to what they're saying, and pretend to be dumb so I don't have to speak.
14 And I have become like a man who not [is] hearing and there not in mouth his [are] arguments.
Like a man who can't hear, and who doesn't reply—that's me!
15 For for you O Yahweh I have waited you you will answer O Lord God my.
For I'm waiting on you, Lord! You will answer for me, my Lord and my God.
16 For I said lest they should rejoice to me when slips foot my on me they magnified themselves.
I'm asking you, Lord, please don't let my enemies gloat over me, don't let them be glad when I trip up.
17 For I for stumbling [am] prepared and pain my [is] before me continually.
For I'm about ready to collapse—the pain never stops.
18 For iniquity my I tell I am anxious from sin my.
I do confess my sins; I am terribly sorry for what I've done.
19 And enemies my life they are numerous and they are many [those who] hate me falsehood.
I have many powerful enemies—they are very active, hating me for no reason.
20 And [those who] repay evil in place of good they accuse me in place of (pursuing my *Q(k)*) good.
They pay me back evil for good; they accuse me for the good I try to do.
21 May not you forsake me O Yahweh O God my may not you be distant from me.
Don't give up on me, my Lord and my God, don't stay away from me.
22 Make haste! to help my O Lord salvation my.
Hurry, come and help me, Lord my salvation.