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, correct me not in thy wrath, nor chastise me in thy fury.
2 Quoniam sagittæ tuæ infixæ sunt mihi: et confirmasti super me manum tuam.
For thy arrows have penetrated into me, and thy hand presseth down 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 indignation: there is no peace 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 are passed over my head, as a heavy burden are they too heavy for me.
5 Putruerunt et corruptæ sunt cicatrices meæ, a facie insipientiæ meæ.
Foul, corrupt are my bruises because of my folly.
6 Miser factus sum, et curvatus sum usque in finem: tota die contristatus ingrediebar.
I am bent double; I am bowed down to the utmost; all the day long I go about full of grief.
7 Quoniam lumbi mei impleti sunt illusionibus: et non est sanitas in carne mea.
For my loins are filled with a burning disease, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 Afflictus sum, et humiliatus sum nimis: rugiebam a gemitu cordis mei.
I am made faint and crushed to the utmost; I cry aloud because of the groaning of my heart.
9 Domine, ante te omne desiderium meum: et gemitus meus a te non est absconditus.
Lord, before thee is all my longing; and my sighing is from thee not hidden.
10 Cor meum conturbatum est, dereliquit me virtus mea: et lumen oculorum meorum, et ipsum non est mecum.
My heart is restless, my strength hath left me; and the light of my eyes—that also is no more with 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 plague; 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; and they that wish for my mishap speak wicked falsehoods; and deceits do they devise all the day long.
13 Ego autem tamquam surdus non audiebam: et sicut mutus non aperiens os suum.
But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and I am as a dumb man that cannot open his mouth.
14 Et factus sum sicut homo non audiens: et non habens in ore suo redargutiones.
Thus am I as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no words of defence.
15 Quoniam in te Domine speravi: tu exaudies me Domine Deus meus.
For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt answer, 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, Perhaps they might rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they might magnify themselves over me.
17 Quoniam ego in flagella paratus sum: et dolor meus in conspectu meo semper.
For I am prepared for [my] downfall, and my pain is continually before me.
18 Quoniam iniquitatem meam annuntiabo: et cogitabo pro peccato meo.
For I will tell of my iniquity; I will be grieved because of my sin.
19 Inimici autem mei vivunt, et confirmati sunt super me: et multiplicati sunt qui oderunt me inique.
But my enemies are strong in life; and numerous are those that hate me wrongfully;
20 Qui retribuunt mala pro bonis, detrahebant mihi: quoniam sequebar bonitatem.
They also that repay [me] evil in lieu of good; they hate me bitterly because I pursue what 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.
