Psalms 38

1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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

2 For thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth heavy upon me.

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

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

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

4 For my iniquities have gone over my head: as an heavy burden 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 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

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

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

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

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

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

8 I am feeble and grievously broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

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

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

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

10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me.

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

11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

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

12 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.

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

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

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

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

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

15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hasten to help me, O Lord my savior.