Psalms 38
1 Yahweh, when you are angry [with me], do not rebuke/scold me and punish me!
| مَزْمُورٌ لِدَاوُدَ لِلتَّذْكِيرِ يَا رَبُّ لَا تُوَبِّخْنِي بِغَضَبِكَ، وَلَا تُؤَدِّبْنِي بِسَخَطِكَ، | ١ |
2 [Now it is as though] you have shot your arrows at me and wounded me; you have struck me and knocked me down.
| لأَنَّ سِهَامَكَ قَدْ أَصَابَتْنِي وَضَرَبَاتِكَ قَدْ ثَقُلَتْ عَلَيَّ. | ٢ |
3 Because you have been angry with me, I am suffering great pain. Because of my sin, my whole body is diseased.
| اعْتَلَّ جَسَدِي لِفَرْطِ غَضَبِكَ عَلَيَّ. وَبَلِيَتْ عِظَامِي بِسَبَبِ خَطِيئَتِي. | ٣ |
4 All my sins are [like a flood] that covers my head; they are like a load that is very heavy, with the result that I cannot carry it.
| طَمَتْ آثَامِي فَوْقَ رَأْسِي. وَصَارَتْ كَعِبْءٍ ثَقِيلٍ لَا طَاقَةَ لِي عَلَى حَمْلِهِ. | ٤ |
5 Because I have done foolish things, I have sores that have become worse, and they stink.
| أَنْتَنَتْ جِرَاحِي وَسَالَ صَدِيدُهَا بِسَبَبِ جَهَالَتِي. | ٥ |
6 [Sometimes] I am bent over, and [sometimes] I lie prostrate; I am sad/cry all day.
| انْحَنَيْتُ وَالْتَوَيْتُ. وَدَامَ نَحِيبِي طُولَ النَّهَارِ. | ٦ |
7 My body is burning with fever, and I am very ill.
| امْتلأَ دَاخِلِي بِأَلَمٍ حَارِقٍ، فَلَا صِحَّةَ فِي جَسَدِي. | ٧ |
8 I am completely exhausted, and I have no strength. I am very distressed, and I groan with pain.
| أَنَا وَاهِنٌ وَمَسْحُوقٌ إِلَى الْغَايَةِ، وَأَئِنُّ مِنْ أَوْجَاعِ قَلْبِي الدَّفِينَةِ. | ٨ |
9 Yahweh, you know that I desire [to be healed]; you hear me while I am groaning.
| أَمَامَكَ يَا رَبُّ كُلُّ تَأَوُّهِي، وَتَنَهُّدِي مَكْشُوفٌ لَدَيْكَ. | ٩ |
10 My heat is pounding heavily, and all my strength is gone. I am no longer able to see well.
| خَفَقَ قَلْبِي وَفَارَقَتْنِي قُوَّتِي، وَاضْمَحَلَّ فِيَّ نُورُ عَيْنَيَّ. | ١٠ |
11 My friends and neighbors stay away from me because of my sores; even my own family stays away from me.
| وَقَفَ أَحِبَّائِي وَأَصْحَابِي مُسْتَنْكِفِينَ مِنِّي بِسَبَبِ مُصِيبَتِي، وَتَنَحَّى أَقَارِبِي عَنِّي. | ١١ |
12 And those who want to kill me set traps to catch me; those who want to harm me discuss ways to get rid of me; they plot against me all day.
| نَصَبَ السَّاعُونَ لِقَتْلِي الْفِخَاخَ، وَطَالِبُو أَذِيَّتِي تَوَعَّدُوا بِدَمَارِي، وَتَآمَرُوا طُولَ النَّهَارِ لِلإِيقَاعِ بِي. | ١٢ |
13 Now I act like I’m deaf, and do not listen [to what they say]. I act like I cannot talk, so I say nothing [to reply to them].
| أَمَّا أَنَا فَقَدْ كُنْتُ كَأَصَمَّ، لَا يَسْمَعُ، وَكَأَخْرَسَ لَا يَفْتَحُ فَاهُ. | ١٣ |
14 I act like a man who does not answer [when people talk to him], because he cannot hear anything.
| كُنْتُ كَمَنْ لَا يَسْمَعُ، وَكَمَنْ لَيْسَ فِي فَمِهِ حُجَّةٌ. | ١٤ |
15 But Yahweh, I trust in you. My Lord God, you will answer me.
| لأَنِّي قَدْ وَضَعْتُ فِيكَ رَجَائِي، وَأَنْتَ تَسْتَجِيبُنِي يَا رَبُّ يَا إِلَهِي. | ١٥ |
16 I said to you, “Do not cause [me to die, with the result that] my enemies will rejoice! Do not cause me to stumble, with the result that they will be very happy!”
| قُلْتُ: «لَا تَدَعْهُمْ يَشْمَتُونَ بِي فَحَالَمَا زَلَّتْ قَدَمِي تَغَطْرَسُوا عَلَيَّ» | ١٦ |
17 I say that because I am about to fall down, and I constantly have pain.
| لأَنِّي أَكَادُ أَتَعَثَّرُ، وَوَجَعِي دَائِماً أَمَامَ نَاظِرِي. | ١٧ |
18 I confess the wrong things that I have done; I am [very] sorry for the sins that I have committed.
| أَعْتَرِفُ جَهْراً بِإِثْمِي، وأَحْزَنُ مِنْ أَجْلِ خَطِيئَتِي. | ١٨ |
19 My enemies are healthy and strong; there are many people who hate me for no reason.
| أَمَّا أَعْدَائِي فَيَفِيضُونَ حَيَوِيَّةً. تَجَبَّرُوا وَكَثُرَ الَّذِينَ يُبْغِضُونَنِي ظُلْماً. | ١٩ |
20 Those who do evil things to me in return for my doing good things to them oppose me because I try to do what is right.
| وَالَّذِينَ يُجَازُونَ الْخَيْرَ بِالشَّرِّ يُقَاوِمُونَنِي لأَنِّي أَتْبَعُ الصَّلاحَ. | ٢٠ |
21 Yahweh, do not abandon me! My God, do not stay far from me!
| لَا تَنْبِذْنِي يَا رَبُّ. يَا إِلَهِي لَا تَبْعُدْ عَنِّي. | ٢١ |
22 Lord, you are the one who saves/rescues me; Quickly [come and] help me!
| أَسْرِعْ لِنَجْدَتِي يَا رَبُّ يَا مُخَلِّصِي. | ٢٢ |
