Psalms, 38

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0. A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering.

1. [Psalm Of David In commemoration] Yahweh, do not correct me in anger, do not discipline me in wrath.

1. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath!

2. For your arrows have pierced deep into me, your hand has pressed down upon me.

2. For thy arrows have sunk into me, and thy hand has come down on me.

3. Your indignation has left no part of me unscathed, my sin has left no health in my bones.

3. There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.

4. My sins stand higher than my head, they weigh on me as an unbearable weight.

4. For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.

5. I have stinking, festering wounds, thanks to my folly.

5. My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness,

6. I am twisted and bent double, I spend my days in gloom.

6. I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.

7. My loins burn with fever, no part of me is unscathed.

7. For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8. Numbed and utterly crushed I groan in distress of heart.

8. I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.

9. Lord, all my longing is known to you, my sighing no secret from you,

9. Lord, all my longing is known to thee, my sighing is not hidden from thee.

10. my heart is throbbing, my strength has failed, the light has gone out of my eyes.

10. My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes -- it also has gone from me.

11. Friends and companions shun my disease, even the dearest of them keep their distance.

11. My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.

12. Those with designs on my life lay snares, those who wish me ill speak of violence and hatch treachery all day long.

12. Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.

13. But I hear nothing, as though I were deaf, as though dumb, saying not a word.

13. But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.

14. I am like the one who, hearing nothing, has no sharp answer to make.

14. Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.

15. For in you, Yahweh, I put my hope, you, Lord my God, will give answer.

15. But for thee, O LORD, do I wait; it is thou, O LORD my God, who wilt answer.

16. I said, 'Never let them gloat over me, do not let them take advantage of me if my foot slips.'

16. For I pray, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!"

17. There is no escape for me from falling, no relief from my misery.

17. For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

18. But I make no secret of my guilt, I am anxious at the thought of my sin.

18. I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.

19. There is no numbering those who oppose me without cause, no counting those who hate me unprovoked,

19. Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.

20. repaying me evil for good, slandering me for trying to do them good.

20. Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.

21. Yahweh, do not desert me, my God, do not stand aloof from me.

21. Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!

22. Come quickly to my help, Lord, my Saviour!

22. Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!