Psalms 38
38
A Groan before the Throne
A poetic lament to remember, by King David # 38 The Septuagint has in the inscription “To be remembered on the Sabbath.”
1O Lord, don’t punish me angrily for what I’ve done.
Don’t let my sin inflame your wrath against me.
2For the arrows of your conviction have pierced me deeply.
Your blows have struck my soul and crushed me.
3Now my body is sick.
My health is totally broken because of your anger,
and it’s all due to my sins!
4I’m overwhelmed, swamped, and submerged
beneath the heavy burden of my guilt.
It clings to me and won’t let me go.
5My rotting wounds are a witness against me.
They are severe and getting worse,
reminding me of my failure and folly.
6I am completely broken because of what I’ve done.
Gloom is all around me.
My sins have bent me over to the ground.
7-8My inner being is shriveled up;
my self-confidence crushed.
Sick with fever, I’m left exhausted.
Now I’m as cold as a corpse, and nothing is left inside me
but great groaning filled with anguish.
9Lord, you know all my desires and deepest longings.
My tears are liquid words, and you can read them all.
10-11My heart beats wildly, my strength is sapped,
and the light of my eyes is going out.
My friends stay far away from me, avoiding me like the plague.
Even my family wants nothing to do with me.
12Meanwhile my enemies are out to kill me,
plotting my ruin, speaking of my doom
as they spend every waking moment
planning how to finish me off.
13-14I’m like a deaf man who no longer hears.
I can’t even speak up, and words fail me;
I have no argument to counter their threats.
15Lord, the only thing I can do is wait and put my hope in you.
I wait for your help, my God.
16So hear my cry and put an end to their strutting in pride,
to those who gloat when I stumble in pain.
17I’m slipping away and on the verge of a breakdown,
with nothing but sorrow and sighing. # 38:17 The Septuagint reads “I am prepared for all of their whips—prepared to suffer.”
18I confess all my sin to you; I can’t hold it in any longer.
My agonizing thoughts punish me for my wrongdoing;
I feel condemned as I consider all I’ve done.
19My enemies are many.
They hate me and persecute me,
though I’ve done nothing against them to deserve it.
20I show goodness to them and get paid evil in return.
And they hate me even more when I stand for what is right.
21So don’t forsake me now, Lord!
Don’t leave me in this condition.
22God, hurry to help me. Run to my rescue!
For you’re my Savior and my only hope!
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1O יהוה, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chastise me in Your hot displeasure!
2For Your arrows have pierced me, And Your hand comes down on me.
3There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your rage, Nor peace in my bones because of my sin.
4For my crookednesses have passed over my head; Like a heavy burden, too heavy for me.
5My wounds have become stinky, festering Because of my folly.
6I have been bent down; I have been bowed down very much; All day long I have gone mourning.
7For my loins have become filled with burning, And there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I have become weak and greatly crushed; I howled from the groaning of my heart.
9יהוה, all my desire is before You; And my sighing has not been hid from You.
10My heart is throbbing, my strength has forsaken me; And the light of my eyes also is not with me.
11My loved ones and my friends stand back from my plague, And my neighbours stand far away.
12And those seeking my life lay a snare; And those seeking my evil have spoken of destruction, And utter deceit all day long.
13But I, as one deaf, do not hear; And as a dumb one who does not open his mouth.
14I am like a man who does not hear, And who has no rebukes in his mouth.
15For on You, O יהוה, I have waited; You do answer, O יהוה my Elohim.
16For I said, “Otherwise they would rejoice over me, When my foot slips they would exalt themselves over me.”
17For I am ready to fall, And my pain is always with me.
18For I confess my crookedness; I am sorry over my sin.
19But my enemies are alive; They have become strong; And those hating me falsely are many.
20And those who repay evil for good, They oppose me, because I follow what is good.
21Do not forsake me, O יהוה; O my Elohim, be not far from me!
22Hasten to help me, O יהוה, my deliverance!
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