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 by David, for a memorial.] LORD, do not rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

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

For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.

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

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any 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 my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

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

My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.

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

I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.

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

For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.

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

I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.

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

Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is 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 throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

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

My loved ones and my friends keep their distance because of my affliction. My kinsmen stand far away.

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 also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all 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, as a deaf man, do not hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.

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

Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.

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

For in you, LORD, do I hope. You will answer, LORD my God.

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

For I said, "Do not let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."

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

For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.

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

Yes, I confess my iniquity. I am anxious because of my sin.

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

But my enemies, for no reason, are many. Those who hate me wrongfully are numerous.

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

They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

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

Do not forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be far from me.

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

Hurry to help me, LORD, my salvation.