Psalms 38

1 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.

A Psalm of David. A lament. Reprove me not, Lord, in your anger, and chasten me not in your wrath;

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

for your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand lies heavy upon me.

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

In my flesh is no soundness because of your anger, no health in my bones, because of my sin.

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

For that my guilt is gone over my head: it weighs like a burden too heavy for me.

5 They stink they fester wounds my because of folly my.

My wounds stink and fester, for my foolishness I am tormented.

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

Bent and bowed am I utterly, all the day going in mourning.

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

My loins are filled with burning, and in my flesh is no soundness.

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

I am utterly crushed and numb; I cry louder than lion roars.

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

Lord, you know all that I long for, my groans are not hidden from you.

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

My heart is throbbing, my strength has failed me. The light of my eyes – even it is gone from me.

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

My dear ones and friends keep aloof, and my neighbors stand afar off.

12 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.

They who aim at my life lay their snares, they who seek my hurt speak of ruin, nursing treachery all the day long.

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

But I turn a deaf ear and hear not; like the dumb I open not my mouth.

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

I am like one without hearing, with no arguments in my mouth.

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

For my hope, O Lord, is in you. You will answer, O Lord my God,

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

when I utter the hope that those who made scorn of my tottering feet may not rejoice over me.

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

For I am ready to fall, my pain forsakes me never.

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

I acknowledge my guilt, I am anxious because of my sin:

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

My wanton assailants are strong, those who wrongfully hate me are many,

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

who render me evil for good, and oppose me, because I make good my goal.

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

Do not forsake me, O Lord; my God, be not far from me.

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

Hasten to help me, O Lord my savior.