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Psalms 38
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King James Version · 1611
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Darby Bible · 1890
1O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
1 Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me.
3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; no peace in my bones, because of my sin.
4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
5 My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness.
6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
6 I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day.
7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
7 For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
8 I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart.
9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee.
10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
10 My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me.
11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
11 My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12They 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.
12 And they that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.
13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
13 But I, as a deaf [man], hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
14 Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
15 For in thee, Jehovah, do I hope: thou wilt answer, O Lord myGod.
16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
16 For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified [themselves] against me.
17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
17 For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me.
18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity, I am grieved for my sin.
19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
19 But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied:
20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
20 And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good.