Psalms 38
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Psalms 38
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| A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. | A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory.O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion. |
| For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore. | For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand. |
| There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. | My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin. |
| For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. | For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength. |
| My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness. | My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour. |
| I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. | I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day. |
| For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh. | For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy. |
| I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart. | I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart. |
| Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee. | Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you. |
| My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. | My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me. |
| My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. | My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away. |
| They 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. | Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit. |
| But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. | But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth. |
| Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs. | So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words. |
| For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God. | In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God. |
| For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. | I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me. |
| For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. | My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me. |
| For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. | I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin. |
| But mine enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. | But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers. |
| They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good. | They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right. |
| Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me. | Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me. |
| Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. | Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation. |
