Psalms 38

1O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

1Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David.

1A Psalm of David, `To cause to remember.' Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.

2For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.

2I said: I will take heed to my ways: that I sin not with my tongue. I have set a guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me.

2For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.

3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

3I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things: and my sorrow was renewed.

3Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin.

4For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

4My heart grew hot within me: and in my meditation a fire shall flame out.

4For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden--too heavy for me.

5My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

5I spoke with my tongue: O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days: that I may know what is wanting to me.

5Stunk--become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.

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

6Behold thou hast made my days measurable. and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity: every man living.

6I have been bent down, I have been bowed down--unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.

7For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.

7Surely man passeth as an image: yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up: and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things.

7For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.

8I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

8And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee.

8I have been feeble and smitten--unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.

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

9Deliver thou me from all my iniquities: thou hast made me a reproach to the fool.

9Lord, before Thee <FI>is<Fi> all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid.

10My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

10I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it.

10My heart <FI>is<Fi> panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.

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

11Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes:

11My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.

12They also 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.

12Thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider: surely in vain is any man disquieted.

12And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.

13But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

13Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication: give ear to my tears. Be no silent: for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were.

13And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.

14Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

14O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence, and be no more.

14Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs.

15For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

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15Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.

16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

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16When I said, `Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves.

17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

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17For I am ready to halt, And my pain <FI>is<Fi> before me continually.

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

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18For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin.

19But mine enemies are lively, and are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

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19And mine enemies <FI>are<Fi> lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.

20They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

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20And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.

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

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21Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,

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

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22Haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!