Psalms 38
1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
A Melody of David. To bring to Remembrance. O Yahweh, do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me;
2 For thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth heavy upon me.
For, thine arrows, have sunk down into me, and thy hand, presseth heavily upon me.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
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 For my iniquities have gone over my head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
For, mine iniquities, have passed over my head, Like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me:
5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
My wounds are of bad odour—they have festered, by reason of my folly:
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
I am bent, I am bowed down very low. All the day, have I gloomily walked;
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
For, my loins, are filled with inflammation, and there is no soundness in my flesh:
8 I am feeble and grievously broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
I am benumbed and crushed exceedingly, —I have cried aloud because of the groaning of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
O My Lord! before thee, is all my longing, and, my sighing, from thee, hath not been hid:
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me.
My heart, fluttereth, my strength hath forsaken me, and, as for the light of mine eyes, even they, are not with me:
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
My lovers, and my friends, from before my stroke, stand aloof, —and, my near ones, far away, do stand:
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
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 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
But, I, as one deaf, will not hear, —and as one dumb, who will not open his mouth:
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
Thus have I become as a man who cannot hear, in whose mouth are no arguments:
15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
Because, for thee, O Yahweh, have I waited, Thou, wilt answer, O Adonay, my God!
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
For I said, Lest they rejoice over me! When my feet were tottering, against me, have they magnified themselves:
17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
For, I, to halt, am ready, and, my pain, is before me continually;
18 For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
For, mine iniquity, will I declare, I shall be anxious because of my sin;
19 But my enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
And, my foes, are alive—have become strong, —and multiplied are they who hate me for false cause:
20 They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that is good.
Even they who are repaying evil for good, accuse me because I pursue the good.
21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
Do not forsake me, O Yahweh, My God! be not far from me:
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
Make haste to help me, My Lord, my deliverance!
