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, to bring to remembrance.” O Lord, correct me not in thy wrath, nor chastise me in thy fury.

2 For arrows your they have penetrated me and it has come down on me hand your.

For thy arrows have penetrated into me, and thy hand presseth down upon me.

3 There not [is] soundness in flesh my because of indignation your there not [is] health in bones my because of sin my.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation: there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.

4 For iniquities my they have passed over head my like a burden heavy they are [too] heavy for me.

For my iniquities are passed over my head, as a heavy burden are they too heavy for me.

5 They stink they fester wounds my because of folly my.

Foul, corrupt are my bruises because of my folly.

6 I am bent down I am bent over up to muchness all the day mourning I have gone about.

I am bent double; I am bowed down to the utmost; all the day long I go about full of grief.

7 For loins my they are full burning [pain] and there not [is] soundness in flesh my.

For my loins are filled with a burning disease, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am numb and I am crushed up to muchness I roar from [the] groaning of heart my.

I am made faint and crushed to the utmost; I cry aloud because of the groaning of my heart.

9 O Lord [is] before you all desire my and sighing my from you not it is hidden.

Lord, before thee is all my longing; and my sighing is from thee not hidden.

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 restless, my strength hath left me; and the light of my eyes—that also is no more with me.

11 Friends my - and companions my from before plague my they stand and kinsmen my from a distance they have stood.

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

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.

They also that seek after my life lay snares; and they that wish for my mishap speak wicked falsehoods; and deceits do they devise all the day long.

13 And I [am] like a deaf [person] not I hear and like a dumb [person] [who] not he opens mouth his.

But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and I am as a dumb man that cannot open his mouth.

14 And I have become like a man who not [is] hearing and there not in mouth his [are] arguments.

Thus am I as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no words of defence.

15 For for you O Yahweh I have waited you you will answer O Lord God my.

For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

16 For I said lest they should rejoice to me when slips foot my on me they magnified themselves.

For I said, Perhaps they might rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they might magnify themselves over me.

17 For I for stumbling [am] prepared and pain my [is] before me continually.

For I am prepared for [my] downfall, and my pain is continually before me.

18 For iniquity my I tell I am anxious from sin my.

For I will tell of my iniquity; I will be grieved because of my sin.

19 And enemies my life they are numerous and they are many [those who] hate me falsehood.

But my enemies are strong in life; and numerous are those that hate me wrongfully;

20 And [those who] repay evil in place of good they accuse me in place of (pursuing my *Q(k)*) good.

They also that repay [me] evil in lieu of good; they hate me bitterly because I pursue what is good.

21 May not you forsake me O Yahweh O God my may not you be distant from me.

Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.

22 Make haste! to help my O Lord salvation my.

Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.