Psalms 38
1 Yahweh, when you are angry [with me], do not rebuke/scold me and punish me!
A Melody of David. To bring to Remembrance. O Yahweh, do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me;
2 [Now it is as though] you have shot your arrows at me and wounded me; you have struck me and knocked me down.
For, thine arrows, have sunk down into me, and thy hand, presseth heavily upon me.
3 Because you have been angry with me, I am suffering great pain. Because of my sin, my whole body is diseased.
There is no soundness in my flesh, By reason of thine indignation, There is no peace in my bones, By reason of my sin;
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.
For, mine iniquities, have passed over my head, Like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me:
5 Because I have done foolish things, I have sores that have become worse, and they stink.
My wounds are of bad odour—they have festered, by reason of my folly:
6 [Sometimes] I am bent over, and [sometimes] I lie prostrate; I am sad/cry all day.
I am bent, I am bowed down very low. All the day, have I gloomily walked;
7 My body is burning with fever, and I am very ill.
For, my loins, are filled with inflammation, and there is no soundness in my flesh:
8 I am completely exhausted, and I have no strength. I am very distressed, and I groan with pain.
I am benumbed and crushed exceedingly, —I have cried aloud because of the groaning of my heart.
9 Yahweh, you know that I desire [to be healed]; you hear me while I am groaning.
O My Lord! before thee, is all my longing, and, my sighing, from thee, hath not been hid:
10 My heat is pounding heavily, and all my strength is gone. I am no longer able to see well.
My heart, fluttereth, my strength hath forsaken me, and, as for the light of mine eyes, even they, are not with me:
11 My friends and neighbors stay away from me because of my sores; even my own family stays away from me.
My lovers, and my friends, from before my stroke, stand aloof, —and, my near ones, far away, do stand:
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.
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.
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].
But, I, as one deaf, will not hear, —and as one dumb, who will not open his mouth:
14 I act like a man who does not answer [when people talk to him], because he cannot hear anything.
Thus have I become as a man who cannot hear, in whose mouth are no arguments:
15 But Yahweh, I trust in you. My Lord God, you will answer me.
Because, for thee, O Yahweh, have I waited, Thou, wilt answer, O Adonay, my God!
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!”
For I said, Lest they rejoice over me! When my feet were tottering, against me, have they magnified themselves:
17 I say that because I am about to fall down, and I constantly have pain.
For, I, to halt, am ready, and, my pain, is before me continually;
18 I confess the wrong things that I have done; I am [very] sorry for the sins that I have committed.
For, mine iniquity, will I declare, I shall be anxious because of my sin;
19 My enemies are healthy and strong; there are many people who hate me for no reason.
And, my foes, are alive—have become strong, —and multiplied are they who hate me for false cause:
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.
Even they who are repaying evil for good, accuse me because I pursue the good.
21 Yahweh, do not abandon me! My God, do not stay far from me!
Do not forsake me, O Yahweh, My God! be not far from me:
22 Lord, you are the one who saves/rescues me; Quickly [come and] help me!
Make haste to help me, My Lord, my deliverance!
