1 Psalm 38 Do Not Forsake Me, O Yahweh A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.O Yahweh, reprove me not in Your wrath,And discipline me not in Your burning anger.
2 For Your arrows have pressed deep into me,And Your hand has pressed down upon me.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;There is no health in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities go over my head;As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
5 My 38:5Or stripes wounds stinkandrotBecause of my 38:5A lack of wisdom due to negligence or carelessness; the activity of an ignorant fool folly.
6 I am bent over and greatly bowed down;I go mourning all day long.
7 For my loins are filled with burning,And there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am faint and 38:8Or greatly badly crushed;I 38:8Lit roar groan because of the 38:8Lit growling agitation of my heart.
9 ¶Lord, all my desire is 38:9Or known to You before You;And my sighing is not hidden from You.
10 My heart throbs, my strength forsakes me;And the light of my eyes, even 38:10Lit they have that 38:10Lit is not with me has gone from me.
11 My 38:11Or lovers loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;And my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 Those who search for my life lay snaresfor me;And those who seek 38:12Or my calamity to dome evil have 38:12Lit spoken threatened destruction,And they meditate on deception all day long.
13 ¶But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;AndI amlike a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14 And I am like a man who does not hear,And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For I 38:15Or hope for wait on You, O Yahweh;You will answer, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Save, lest they be glad over me,Who, when my foot stumbles, magnify themselves against me.”
17 For I am ready to fall,And my 38:17Lit pain sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I 38:18Or declare confess my iniquity;I am full of anxiety because of my sin.
19 But my enemies are vigorousand 38:19Or numerous strong,And those who wrongfully hate me abound.
20 And those who repay evil for good,They accuse me, for I pursue what is good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Yahweh;O my God, do not be far from me!