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 CAUSE TO REMEMBER.” YHWH, do not reprove me in Your wrath, Nor discipline me in Your fury.

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

For Your arrows have come down on me, And You let down Your hand 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.

Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Your indignation, Peace is not 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 have passed over my head, As a heavy burden—too heavy for me.

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

Stunk—my wounds have become corrupt, 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 have been bent down, I have been bowed down—to excess, I have gone mourning all the day.

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

For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.

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

I have been feeble and struck—to excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.

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

Lord, all my desire [is] before You, And my sighing has not been hid from You.

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] panting, my power has forsaken me, And the light of my eyes, Even they are not 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 before my plague. And my neighbors have stood far 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.

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

And I, as deaf, do not hear. And as a mute one who does not open his mouth.

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

Indeed, I am as a man who does not hear, And in his mouth are no reproofs.

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

Because for You, O YHWH, I have waited, You answer, O Lord my God.

16 For I said lest they should rejoice to me when slips foot my on me 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 for stumbling [am] prepared and pain my [is] before me continually.

For I am ready to halt, And my pain [is] continually before me.

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

For I declare my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.

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

And my enemies [are] lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.

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

And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.

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

Do not forsake me, O YHWH, My God, do not be far from me,

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

Hurry to help me, O Lord, my salvation!