Psalms 38
1 Yahweh, when you are angry [with me], do not rebuke/scold me and punish me!
`The salm of Dauid, to bythenke on the sabat. Lord, repreue thou not me in thi strong veniaunce; nether chastice thou me in thin ire.
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 thin arowis ben fitchid in me; and thou hast confermed thin hond on me.
3 Because you have been angry with me, I am suffering great pain. Because of my sin, my whole body is diseased.
Noon helthe is in my fleisch fro the face of thin ire; no pees is to my boonys fro the face of my synnes.
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 my wickidnessis ben goon ouer myn heed; as an heuy birthun, tho ben maad heuy on me.
5 Because I have done foolish things, I have sores that have become worse, and they stink.
Myn heelid woundis weren rotun, and ben brokun; fro the face of myn vnwisdom.
6 [Sometimes] I am bent over, and [sometimes] I lie prostrate; I am sad/cry all day.
I am maad a wretche, and Y am bowid doun til in to the ende; al dai Y entride sorewful.
7 My body is burning with fever, and I am very ill.
For my leendis ben fillid with scornyngis; and helthe is not in my fleisch.
8 I am completely exhausted, and I have no strength. I am very distressed, and I groan with pain.
I am turmentid, and maad low ful greetli; Y roride for the weilyng of myn herte.
9 Yahweh, you know that I desire [to be healed]; you hear me while I am groaning.
Lord, al my desire is bifor thee; and my weilyng is not hid fro thee.
10 My heat is pounding heavily, and all my strength is gone. I am no longer able to see well.
Myn herte is disturblid in me, my vertu forsook me; and the liyt of myn iyen `forsook me, and it is 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 frendis and my neiyboris neiyiden; and stoden ayens me. And thei that weren bisidis me stoden afer;
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.
and thei diden violence, that souyten my lijf. And thei that souyten yuels to me, spaken vanytees; and thouyten gilis al dai.
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 Y as a deef man herde not; and as a doumb man not openynge his mouth.
14 I act like a man who does not answer [when people talk to him], because he cannot hear anything.
And Y am maad as a man not herynge; and not hauynge repreuyngis in his mouth.
15 But Yahweh, I trust in you. My Lord God, you will answer me.
For, Lord, Y hopide in thee; my Lord God, thou schalt here me.
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 Y seide, Lest ony tyme myn enemyes haue ioye on me; and the while my feet ben mouyd, thei spaken grete thingis on me.
17 I say that because I am about to fall down, and I constantly have pain.
For Y am redi to betyngis; and my sorewe is euere in my siyt.
18 I confess the wrong things that I have done; I am [very] sorry for the sins that I have committed.
For Y schal telle my wickidnesse; and Y schal thenke for my synne.
19 My enemies are healthy and strong; there are many people who hate me for no reason.
But myn enemyes lyuen, and ben confermed on me; and thei ben multiplyed, that haten me wickidli.
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.
Thei that yelden yuels for goodis, backbitiden me; for Y suede goodnesse.
21 Yahweh, do not abandon me! My God, do not stay far from me!
My Lord God, forsake thou not me; go thou not awei fro me.
22 Lord, you are the one who saves/rescues me; Quickly [come and] help me!
Lord God of myn helthe; biholde thou in to myn help.
