Psalms 38
JPS Tanakh (Jewish Publication Society, 1917)
Berean Standard Bible
1(38-1) A Psalm of David, to make memorial. (38-2) O LORD, rebuke me not in Thine anger; neither chasten me in Thy wrath.
1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
2(38-3) For Thine arrows are gone deep into me, and Thy hand is come down upon me.
2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
3(38-4) There is no soundness in my flesh because of Thine indignation; neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
3There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
4(38-5) For mine iniquities are gone over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
4For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5(38-6) My wounds are noisome, they fester, because of my foolishness.
5My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
6(38-7) I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day.
6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
7(38-8) For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.
7For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
8(38-9) I am benumbed and sore crushed; I groan by reason of the moaning of my heart.
8I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9(38-10) Lord, all my desire is before Thee; and my sighing is not hid from Thee.
9O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
10(38-11) My heart fluttereth, my strength faileth me; as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
10My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11(38-12) My friends and my companions stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
12(38-13) They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak crafty devices, and utter deceits all the day.
12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
13(38-14) But I am as a deaf man, I hear not; and I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
13But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
14(38-15) Yea, I am become as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no arguments.
14I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
15(38-16) For in Thee, O LORD, do I hope; Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
15I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
16(38-17) For I said: 'Lest they rejoice over me; when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.'
16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
17(38-18) For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me.
17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18(38-19) For I do declare mine iniquity; I am full of care because of my sin.
18Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19(38-20) But mine enemies are strong in health; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
19Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
20(38-21) They also that repay evil for good are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
21(38-22) Forsake me not, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me.
21Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
22(38-23) Make haste to help me, O LORD, my salvation.
22Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
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