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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Psalms 38
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PSALM 38
1 The psalm of David, to bethink on the sabbath. Lord, reprove thou not me in thy strong vengeance; neither chastise thou me in thine ire.
2For thine arrows be fixed in me; and thou hast made steadfast thine hand on me.
3None health is in my flesh from the face of thine ire; no peace is to my bones from the face of my sins.
4For my wickednesses be gone over mine head; as an heavy burden, those [or they] be made heavy on me.
5Mine healed wounds were rotten, and be broken; from the face of mine unwisdom.
6I am made a wretch, and I am bowed down till into the end; all day I entered sorrowful.
7For my loins be filled with scorn-ings; and health is not in my flesh.
8I am tormented, and made low full greatly; I roared for the wailing of mine heart.
9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my wailing is not hid from thee.
10Mine heart is troubled in me, my virtue forsook me; and the light of mine eyes, and it is not with me.
11My friends and my neighbours nighed; and stood against me. And they that were beside me stood afar;
12and they did violence, that sought my life. And they that sought evils to me, spake vanities; and thought guiles [or treacheries] all day.
13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and as a dumb man not opening his mouth.
14And I am made as a man not hearing; and not having reprovings in his mouth.
15For, Lord, I hoped in thee; my Lord God, thou shalt hear me.
16For I said, Hear me, Lest any time mine enemies have joy on me; and the while my feet be moved/and while my feet were moved, they spake great things on me.
17For I am ready to beatings; and my sorrow is ever[more] in my sight.
18For I shall tell my wickedness; and I shall think for my sin.
19But mine enemies live, and they be confirmed on me; and they be multiplied, that hate me wickedly.
20They that yield evils for goods, backbited me; for I pursued [or followed] goodness.
21My Lord God, forsake thou not me; go thou not away from me.
22Lord God of mine health; behold thou into mine help.
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