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

2 For thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth heavy upon me.

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

Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Your indignation, Peace is not in my bones, Because of my sin.

4 For my iniquities have gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

For my iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden—too heavy for me.

5 My wounds are offensive, [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.

Stunk—my wounds have become corrupt, Because of my folly.

6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

I have been bent down, I have been bowed down—to excess, I have gone mourning all the day.

7 For my loins are filled with a lothsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh.

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

8 I am feeble and grievously broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

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

9 LORD, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

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

10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me.

My heart [is] panting, my power has forsaken me, And the light of my 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 stand aloof from before my plague. And my neighbors have stood far off.

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.

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 But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.

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

14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.

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

15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O LORD my God.

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

16 For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.

When I said, “Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot they magnified themselves against me.”

17 For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.

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

18 For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

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

19 But my enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

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

20 They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow [the thing that is] good.

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

21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

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

22 Make haste to help me, O LORD my salvation.

Hurry to help me, O Lord, my salvation!