Psalms 38

מִזְמ֖וֹר לְדָוִ֣ד לְהַזְכִּֽיר׃

יְֽהוָ֗ה אַל־בְּקֶצְפְּךָ֥ תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ֥ תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃

A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

כִּֽי־חִ֭צֶּיךָ נִ֣חֲתוּ בִ֑י וַתִּנְחַ֖ת עָלַ֣י יָדֶֽךָ׃

For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.

For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

אֵין־מְתֹ֣ם בִּ֭בְשָׂרִי מִפְּנֵ֣י זַעְמֶ֑ךָ אֵין־שָׁל֥וֹם בַּ֝עֲצָמַ֗י מִפְּנֵ֥י חַטָּאתִֽי׃

There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

כִּ֣י עֲ֭וֺנֹתַי עָבְר֣וּ רֹאשִׁ֑י כְּמַשָּׂ֥א כָ֝בֵ֗ד יִכְבְּד֥וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּ נָ֭מַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃

My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.

My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי שַׁחֹ֣תִי עַד־מְאֹ֑ד כָּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם קֹדֵ֥ר הִלָּֽכְתִּי׃

I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.

I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

כִּֽי־כְ֭סָלַי מָלְא֣וּ נִקְלֶ֑ה וְאֵ֥ין מְ֝תֹ֗ם בִּבְשָׂרִֽי׃

For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.

For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

נְפוּג֣וֹתִי וְנִדְכֵּ֣יתִי עַד־מְאֹ֑ד שָׁ֝אַ֗גְתִּי מִֽנַּהֲמַ֥ת לִבִּֽי׃

I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

אֲֽדֹנָי נֶגְדְּךָ֥ כָל־תַּאֲוָתִ֑י וְ֝אַנְחָתִ֗י מִמְּךָ֥ לֹא־נִסְתָּֽרָה׃

O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.

Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

לִבִּ֣י סְ֭חַרְחַר עֲזָבַ֣נִי כֹחִ֑י וְֽאוֹר־עֵינַ֥י גַּם־הֵ֝֗ם אֵ֣ין אִתִּֽי׃

My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

אֹֽהֲבַ֨י ׀ וְרֵעַ֗י מִנֶּ֣גֶד נִגְעִ֣י יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ וּ֝קְרוֹבַ֗י מֵרָחֹ֥ק עָמָֽדוּ׃

My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

וַיְנַקְשׁ֤וּ ׀ מְבַקְשֵׁ֬י נַפְשִׁ֗י וְדֹרְשֵׁ֣י רָ֭עָתִי דִּבְּר֣וּ הַוּ֑וֹת וּ֝מִרְמ֗וֹת כָּל־הַיּ֥וֹם יֶהְגּֽוּ׃

Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

וַאֲנִ֣י כְ֭חֵרֵשׁ לֹ֣א אֶשְׁמָ֑ע וּ֝כְאִלֵּ֗ם לֹ֣א יִפְתַּח־פִּֽיו׃

But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

וָאֱהִ֗י כְּ֭אִישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־שֹׁמֵ֑עַ וְאֵ֥ין בְּ֝פִ֗יו תּוֹכָחֽוֹת׃

I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

כִּֽי־לְךָ֣ יְהוָ֣ה הוֹחָ֑לְתִּי אַתָּ֥ה תַ֝עֲנֶ֗ה אֲדֹנָ֥י אֱלֹהָֽי׃

I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.

For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

כִּֽי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי פֶּן־יִשְׂמְחוּ־לִ֑י בְּמ֥וֹט רַ֝גְלִ֗י עָלַ֥י הִגְדִּֽילוּ׃

For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”

For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

כִּֽי־אֲ֭נִי לְצֶ֣לַע נָכ֑וֹן וּמַכְאוֹבִ֖י נֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִֽיד׃

For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

כִּֽי־עֲוֺנִ֥י אַגִּ֑יד אֶ֝דְאַ֗ג מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃

Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

וְֽ֭אֹיְבַי חַיִּ֣ים עָצֵ֑מוּ וְרַבּ֖וּ שֹׂנְאַ֣י שָֽׁקֶר׃

Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.

But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

וּמְשַׁלְּמֵ֣י רָ֭עָה תַּ֣חַת טוֹבָ֑ה יִ֝שְׂטְנ֗וּנִי תַּ֣חַת (רדופי) [רָֽדְפִי] ־טֽוֹב׃

Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

אַל־תַּֽעַזְבֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֑ה אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י אַל־תִּרְחַ֥ק מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.

Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

ח֥וּשָׁה לְעֶזְרָתִ֑י אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י תְּשׁוּעָתִֽי׃

Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.