Psalms 38
38
PSALM 38
Common Meter: 8,6,8,6
1In thy great indignation,
O Lord, rebuke me not;
Nor on me lay thy chast'ning hand,
in thy displeasure hot.
2For in me fast thine arrows stick,
thine hand doth press me sore:
3And in my flesh there is no health,
nor soundness any more.
This grief I have, because thy wrath
is forth against me gone;
And in my bones there is no rest,
for sin that I have done.
4Because gone up above mine head
my great transgressions be;
And, as a weighty burden, they
too heavy are for me.
5My wounds do stink, and are corrupt;
my folly makes it so.
6I troubled am, and much bow'd down;
all day I mourning go.
7For a disease that loathsome is
so fills my loins with pain,
That in my weak and weary flesh
no soundness doth remain.
8So feeble and infirm am I,
and broken am so sore,
That, through disquiet of my heart,
I have been made to roar.
9O Lord, all that I do desire
is still before thine eye;
And of my heart the secret groans
not hidden are from thee.
10My heart doth pant incessantly,
my strength doth quite decay;
As for mine eyes, their wonted light
is from me gone away.
11My lovers and my friends do stand
at distance from my sore;
And those do stand aloof that were
kinsmen and kind before.
12Yea, they that seek my life lay snares:
who seek to do me wrong
Speak things mischievous, and deceits
imagine all day long.
13But, as one deaf, that heareth not,
I suffer'd all to pass;
I as a dumb man did become,
whose mouth not open'd was:
14As one that hears not, in whose mouth
are no reproofs at all.
15For, Lord, I hope in thee; my God,
thou'lt hear me when I call.
16For I said, Hear me, lest they should
rejoice o'er me with pride;
And o'er me magnify themselves,
when as my foot doth slide.
17For I am near to halt, my grief
is still before mine eye:
18For I'll declare my sin, and grieve
for mine iniquity.
19But yet mine en'mies lively are,
and strong are they beside;
And they that hate me wrongfully
are greatly multiply'd.
20And they for good that render ill,
as en'mies me withstood;
Yea, ev'n for this, because that I
do follow what is good.
21Forsake me not, O Lord; my God,
far from me never be.
22O Lord, thou my salvation art,
haste to give help to me.
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Tehillim 38
38
(Mizmor Dovid. For the memorial portion of the mincha)
1 Hashem, rebuke me not in Thy wrath; neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure.
2 For Thine khitzim (arrows) pierce me, and Thy Yad presseth upon me.
3 There is no health in my basar because of Thine anger; neither is there any shalom in my atzmot because of my chattat.
4 For mine avonot (iniquities) are gone over mine head; as a weighty massa (burden) they are too heavy for me.
5 My chaburot (wounds) are foul and festering because of my wicked folly.
6 I am bent down; I am brought low ad me'od; I go about mourning all day long.
7 For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no health in my basar.
8 I am feeble and broken ad me'od; I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my lev.
9 Adonoi, all my ta'avah (desire, longing) is before Thee; and my groaning is not hid from Thee.
10 My lev panteth, my ko'ach faileth me; as for the ohr of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My loved ones and my re'a stand aloof from my nega;#38:11 See Isa 53:8 on Moshiachʼs nega and my neighbors stand afar off.
12 They also that seek after my nefesh lay snares for me; and they that seek my hurt speak of ruin, and plot mirmot (deceptions, deceits) all the day long.
13 But I, like a cheresh (deaf man), heard not; and I was like a mute that openeth not his mouth.
14 Thus I was like an ish that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no tokhachot (reproofs).
15 For I wait for Thee, Hashem; Thou wilt hear, Adonoi Elohai.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should gloat over me; when my regel slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I am ready to fall, and my sorrow is before me tamid.
18 For I will declare mine avon; I will be in anguish over my chattat.
19 But mine oveyim are chayyim (vigorous), and they are strong; and they that hate me sheker (wrongfully) are multiplied.
20 They also that repay ra'ah for tovah are mine adversaries; because I pursue the thing that is tov.
21 Forsake me not, Hashem Elohai; be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, Adonoi Teshuati (L-rd of my salvation).
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