Psalmorum 38
1 Psalmus David, in rememorationem de Sabbato. Domine ne in furore tuo arguas me, neque in ira tua corripias me.
A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 Quoniam sagittæ tuæ infixæ sunt mihi: et confirmasti super me manum tuam.
For thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth heavy upon me.
3 Non est sanitas in carne mea a facie iræ tuæ: non est pax ossibus meis a facie peccatorum meorum.
[There is] no soundness in my flesh because of thy anger; neither [is there any] rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 Quoniam iniquitates meæ supergressæ sunt caput meum: et sicut onus grave gravatæ sunt super me.
For my iniquities have gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 Putruerunt et corruptæ sunt cicatrices meæ, a facie insipientiæ meæ.
My wounds are offensive, [and] are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 Miser factus sum, et curvatus sum usque in finem: tota die contristatus ingrediebar.
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 Quoniam lumbi mei impleti sunt illusionibus: et non est sanitas in carne mea.
For my loins are filled with a lothsome [disease]: and [there is] no soundness in my flesh.
8 Afflictus sum, et humiliatus sum nimis: rugiebam a gemitu cordis mei.
I am feeble and grievously broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 Domine, ante te omne desiderium meum: et gemitus meus a te non est absconditus.
LORD, all my desire [is] before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 Cor meum conturbatum est: dereliquit me virtus mea, et lumen oculorum meorum: et ipsum non est mecum.
My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me.
11 Amici mei et proximi mei adversum me appropinquaverunt, et steterunt. Et qui iuxta me erant, de longe steterunt: et vim faciebant qui quærebant animam meam.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 Et qui inquirebant mala mihi, locuti sunt vanitates: et dolos tota die meditabantur.
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.
13 Ego autem tamquam surdus non audiebam: et sicut mutus non aperiens os suum.
But I, as a deaf [man], heard not; and [I was] as a dumb man [that] openeth not his mouth.
14 Et factus sum sicut homo non audiens: et non habens in ore suo redargutiones.
Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth [are] no reproofs.
15 Quoniam in te Domine speravi: tu exaudies me Domine Deus meus.
For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O LORD my God.
16 Quia dixi: Nequando supergaudeant mihi inimici mei: et dum commoventur pedes mei, super me magna locuti sunt.
For I said, [Hear me], lest [otherwise] they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify [themselves] against me.
17 Quoniam ego in flagella paratus sum: et dolor meus in conspectu meo semper.
For I [am] ready to halt, and my sorrow [is] continually before me.
18 Quoniam iniquitatem meam annuntiabo: et cogitabo pro peccato meo.
For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 Inimici autem mei vivunt, et confirmati sunt super me: et multiplicati sunt qui oderunt me inique.
But my enemies [are] lively, [and] they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 Qui retribuunt mala pro bonis, detrahebant mihi: quoniam sequebar bonitatem.
They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow [the thing that is] good.
21 Ne derelinquas me Domine Deus meus: ne discesseris a me.
Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Intende in adiutorium meum, Domine Deus salutis meæ.
Make haste to help me, O LORD my salvation.
