תהילים 38

1 מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד לְהַזְכִּֽיר׃ יְֽהֹוָה אַל־בְּקֶצְפְּךָ תוֹכִיחֵנִי וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃

A psalm of David to make remembrance. O Yahweh may not in anger your you rebuke me and in wrath your may you chasten me.

2 כִּֽי־חִצֶּיךָ נִחֲתוּ בִי וַתִּנְחַת עָלַי יָדֶֽךָ׃

For arrows your they have penetrated me and it has come down on me hand your.

3 אֵין־מְתֹם בִּבְשָׂרִי מִפְּנֵי זַעְמֶךָ אֵין־שָׁלוֹם בַּעֲצָמַי מִפְּנֵי חַטָּאתִֽי׃

There not [is] soundness in flesh my because of indignation your there not [is] health in bones my because of sin my.

4 כִּי עֲוֺנֹתַי עָֽבְרוּ רֹאשִׁי כְּמַשָּׂא כָבֵד יִכְבְּדוּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

For iniquities my they have passed over head my like a burden heavy they are [too] heavy for me.

5 הִבְאִישׁוּ נָמַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָי מִפְּנֵי אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃

They stink they fester wounds my because of folly my.

6 נַעֲוֵיתִי שַׁחֹתִי עַד־מְאֹד כׇּל־הַיּוֹם קֹדֵר הִלָּֽכְתִּי׃

I am bent down I am bent over up to muchness all the day mourning I have gone about.

7 כִּֽי־כְסָלַי מָלְאוּ נִקְלֶה וְאֵין מְתֹם בִּבְשָׂרִֽי׃

For loins my they are full burning [pain] and there not [is] soundness in flesh my.

8 נְפוּגוֹתִי וְנִדְכֵּיתִי עַד־מְאֹד שָׁאַגְתִּי מִֽנַּהֲמַת לִבִּֽי׃

I am numb and I am crushed up to muchness I roar from [the] groaning of heart my.

9 אֲֽדֹנָי נֶגְדְּךָ כׇל־תַּאֲוָתִי וְאַנְחָתִי מִמְּךָ לֹֽא־נִסְתָּֽרָה׃

O Lord [is] before you all desire my and sighing my from you not it is hidden.

10 לִבִּי סְחַרְחַר עֲזָבַנִי כֹחִי וְֽאוֹר־עֵינַי גַּם־הֵם אֵין אִתִּֽי׃

Heart my it palpitates it has left me strength my and [the] light of eyes my also they not [are] with me.

11 אֹֽהֲבַי ׀ וְרֵעַי מִנֶּגֶד נִגְעִי יַעֲמֹדוּ וּקְרוֹבַי מֵרָחֹק עָמָֽדוּ׃

Friends my - and companions my from before plague my they stand and kinsmen my from a distance they have stood.

12 וַיְנַקְשׁוּ ׀ מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשִׁי וְדֹרְשֵׁי רָעָתִי דִּבְּרוּ הַוּוֹת וּמִרְמוֹת כׇּל־הַיּוֹם יֶהְגּֽוּ׃

And they set traps - [those who] seek life my and [those who] seek harm my they have spoken destruction and deceit all the day they devise.

13 וַאֲנִי כְחֵרֵשׁ לֹא אֶשְׁמָע וּכְאִלֵּם לֹא יִפְתַּח־פִּֽיו׃

And I [am] like a deaf [person] not I hear and like a dumb [person] [who] not he opens mouth his.

14 וָאֱהִי כְּאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹֽא־שֹׁמֵעַ וְאֵין בְּפִיו תּוֹכָחֽוֹת׃

And I have become like a man who not [is] hearing and there not in mouth his [are] arguments.

15 כִּֽי־לְךָ יְהֹוָה הוֹחָלְתִּי אַתָּה תַעֲנֶה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהָֽי׃

For for you O Yahweh I have waited you you will answer O Lord God my.

16 כִּֽי־אָמַרְתִּי פֶּן־יִשְׂמְחוּ־לִי בְּמוֹט רַגְלִי עָלַי הִגְדִּֽילוּ׃

For I said lest they should rejoice to me when slips foot my on me they magnified themselves.

17 כִּֽי־אֲנִי לְצֶלַע נָכוֹן וּמַכְאוֹבִי נֶגְדִּי תָמִֽיד׃

For I for stumbling [am] prepared and pain my [is] before me continually.

18 כִּֽי־עֲוֺנִי אַגִּיד אֶדְאַג מֵחַטָּאתִֽי׃

For iniquity my I tell I am anxious from sin my.

19 וְֽאֹיְבַי חַיִּים עָצֵמוּ וְרַבּוּ שֹׂנְאַי שָֽׁקֶר׃

And enemies my life they are numerous and they are many [those who] hate me falsehood.

20 וּמְשַׁלְּמֵי רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה יִשְׂטְנוּנִי תַּחַת (רדופי) [רׇֽדְפִי־]טֽוֹב׃

And [those who] repay evil in place of good they accuse me in place of (pursuing my *Q(k)*) good.

21 אַל־תַּעַזְבֵנִי יְהֹוָה אֱלֹהַי אַל־תִּרְחַק מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

May not you forsake me O Yahweh O God my may not you be distant from me.

22 חוּשָׁה לְעֶזְרָתִי אֲדֹנָי תְּשׁוּעָתִֽי׃

Make haste! to help my O Lord salvation my.