Salmos 38

¹ A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.(38:2)O Lord, correct me not in thy wrath, nor chastise me in thy fury.

² (38:3)For thy arrows have penetrated into me, and thy hand presseth down upon me.

³ (38:4)There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation: there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.

⁴ (38:5)For my iniquities are passed over my head, as a heavy burden are they too heavy for me.

⁵ (38:6)Foul, corrupt are my bruises because of my folly.

⁶ (38:7)I am bent double; I am bowed down to the utmost; all the day long I go about full of grief.

⁷ (38:8)For my loins are filled with a burning disease, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

⁸ (38:9)I am made faint and crushed to the utmost; I cry aloud because of the groaning of my heart.

⁹ (38:10)Lord, before thee is all my longing; and my sighing is from thee not hidden.

¹⁰ (38:11)My heart is restless, my strength hath left me; and the light of my eyes––that also is no more with me.

¹¹ (38:12)My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

¹² (38:13)They also that seek after my life lay snares; and they that wish for my mishap speak wicked falsehoods; and deceits do they devise all the day long.

¹³ (38:14)But I, as a deaf man, hear not; and I am as a dumb man that cannot open his mouth.

¹⁴ (38:15)Thus am I as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no words of defence.

¹⁵ (38:16)For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

¹⁶ (38:17)For I said, Perhaps they might rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they might magnify themselves over me.

¹⁷ (38:18)For I am prepared for my downfall, and my pain is continually before me.

¹⁸ (38:19)For I will tell of my iniquity; I will be grieved because of my sin.

¹⁹ (38:20)But my enemies are strong in life; and numerous are those that hate me wrongfully;

²⁰ (38:21)They also that repay me evil in lieu of good; they hate me bitterly because I pursue what is good.

²¹ (38:22)Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.

²² (38:23)Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.