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
38
A Psalm of David, ‘To cause to remember.’
1 Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.
2For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.
3Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin.
4For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden — too heavy for me.
5Stunk — become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.
6I have been bent down, I have been bowed down — unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.
7For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.
8I have been feeble and smitten — unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.
9Lord, before Thee [is] all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid.
10My heart [is] panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me.
11My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.
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.
13And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.
14Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs.
15Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.
16When I said, ‘Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves.
17For I am ready to halt, And my pain [is] before me continually.
18For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin.
19And mine enemies [are] lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.
20And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good.
21Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,
22Haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
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