Psalms

A Melody of David. To bring to Remembrance.

38 O Yahweh, do not in thine anger correct me, Nor in thy wrath chastise me;

2 For thine arrows have sunk down into me, And thy hand presseth heavily upon me.

3 There is no soundness in my flesh By reason of thine indignation, There is no peace in my bones, By reason of my sin;

4 For mine iniquities have passed over my head, Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me:

5 My wounds are of bad odour—they have festered, By reason of my folly:

6 I am bent, I am bowed down very low. All the day have I gloomily walked;

7 For my loins are filled with inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh:

8 I am benumbed and crushed exceedingly,—I have cried aloud because of the groaning of my heart.

9 O My Lord! before thee is all my longing, And my sighing from thee hath not been hid:

10 My heart fluttereth, my strength hath forsaken me, And as for the light of mine eyes even they are not with me:

11 My lovers and my friends from before my stroke stand aloof,—And my near ones far away do stand:

12 Yea they who are seeking my life have laid snares And they who are asking my harm have threatened engulfing ruin, And deceitful things—all day long do they mutter.

13 But I as one deaf will not hear,—And as one dumb who will not open his mouth:

14 Thus have I become as a man who cannot hear, In whose mouth are no arguments:

15 Because for thee O Yahweh have I waited, Thou wilt answer, O Adonay, my God!

16 For I said Lest they rejoice over me! When my feet were tottering against me have they magnified themselves:

17 For I to halt am ready, And my pain is before me continually;

18 For mine iniquity will I declare, I shall be anxious because of my sin;

19 And my foes are alive—have become strong,—And multiplied are they who hate me for false cause:

20 Even they who are repaying evil for good accuse me because I pursue the good.

21 Do not forsake me, O Yahweh! My God! be not far from me:

22 Make haste to help me, My Lord, my deliverance!