Psalms 38

1 `The salm of Dauid, to bythenke on the sabat. Lord, repreue thou not me in thi strong veniaunce; nether chastice thou me in thin ire.

O lord, rebuke me not in your wrath: neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

2 For thin arowis ben fitchid in me; and thou hast confermed thin hond on me.

For your arrows stick fast in me, and your hand presses me sore.

3 Noon helthe is in my fleisch fro the face of thin ire; no pees is to my boonys fro the face of my synnes.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

4 For my wickidnessis ben goon ouer myn heed; as an heuy birthun, tho ben maad heuy on me.

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5 Myn heelid woundis weren rotun, and ben brokun; fro the face of myn vnwisdom.

My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

6 I am maad a wretche, and Y am bowid doun til in to the ende; al dai Y entride sorewful.

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

7 For my leendis ben fillid with scornyngis; and helthe is not in my fleisch.

For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am turmentid, and maad low ful greetli; Y roride for the weilyng of myn herte.

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the chaos of my heart.

9 Lord, al my desire is bifor thee; and my weilyng is not hid fro thee.

Lord, all my desire is before you; and my groaning is not hid from you.

10 Myn herte is disturblid in me, my vertu forsook me; and the liyt of myn iyen `forsook me, and it is not with me.

My heart pants, my strength fails me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

11 My frendis and my neiyboris neiyiden; and stoden ayens me. And thei that weren bisidis me stoden afer;

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand far off.

12 and thei diden violence, that souyten my lijf. And thei that souyten yuels to me, spaken vanytees; and thouyten gilis al dai.

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 But Y as a deef man herde not; and as a doumb man not openynge his mouth.

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that opens not his mouth.

14 And Y am maad as a man not herynge; and not hauynge repreuyngis in his mouth.

Thus I was as a man that hears not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15 For, Lord, Y hopide in thee; my Lord God, thou schalt here me.

For in you, O LORD, do I hope: you will hear, O Lord my God.

16 For Y seide, Lest ony tyme myn enemyes haue ioye on me; and the while my feet ben mouyd, thei spaken grete thingis on me.

For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.

17 For Y am redi to betyngis; and my sorewe is euere in my siyt.

For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

18 For Y schal telle my wickidnesse; and Y schal thenke for my synne.

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

19 But myn enemyes lyuen, and ben confermed on me; and thei ben multiplyed, that haten me wickidli.

But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20 Thei that yelden yuels for goodis, backbitiden me; for Y suede goodnesse.

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

21 My Lord God, forsake thou not me; go thou not awei fro me.

Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

22 Lord God of myn helthe; biholde thou in to myn help.

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.