Revised Version 1895

Psalms 38

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

1O LORD, rebukemeH2142notלְדָוִ֣דle.da.VidH1732in thy wrath: neither chastenmeH2142in thy hot displeasure.

2For thine arrows stick fast inmeH3256, and thy hand pressethmeH3256sore.

3There is no soundness in my fleshbecauseH3588of thine indignation; neither is thereanyH3588health in my bonesbecauseH3588of my sin.

4For mine iniquities aregoneH369over mineheadמִפְּנֵ֣יmi.pe.NeiH6440: as an heavy burden they are too heavy formeמִפְּנֵ֥יmi.pe.NeiH6440.

5My wounds stink and are corrupt,becauseכִּ֣יkiH3588of my foolishness.

6I am pained and boweddownH6440greatly; I go mourning all the daylongH6440.

7For my loins are filled with burning; and there isnoכָּל־kol-H3605soundness in my flesh.

8I am faint and sore bruised: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

9Lord,allH5704my desire isbeforeH5704thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

10My heart throbbeth, my strength failethmeH4480: as for the light ofmineH4480eyes, it also isgoneH4480frommeH4480.

11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

12They also that seekafterוְרֵעַ֗יve.re.'AiH7453my life lay snares formeמִנֶּ֣גֶדmi.Ne.gedH5048; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the daylongמֵרָחֹ֥קme.ra.ChokH7350.

13But I, as a deafmanH5315, hearnotH5315; and I am as a dumbmanH5315that openethnotH5315hismouthH5315.

14Yea, I am as amanכְ֭חֵרֵשׁKhe.che.reshH2795that hearethnotH3808, and in whosemouthH6310arenoH3808reproofs.

15For in thee, O LORD,doשֹׁמֵ֑עַsho.Me.a'H8085I hope: thou wilt answer, O Lord myGodלֹא־lo'-H3808.

16For Isaidתַ֝עֲנֶ֗הta.'a.NehH6030, Lest they rejoice overmeH859: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves againstmeH859.

17For I am ready to halt, and mysorrowH5921is continuallybeforeH5921meH5921.

18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

19But mine enemies are lively, and are strong: and they that hatemeאַגִּ֑יד'a.GidH5046wrongfully are multiplied.

20They also that render evil for good are adversaries untomeשֹׂנְאַ֣יso.ne.'AiH8130, because I follow the thing that is good.

21ForsakemeH7291not, O LORD: O myGodוּמְשַׁלְּמֵ֣יu.me.sha.le.MeiH7999, be not far frommeH7291.

22Make haste to helpmeמִמֶּֽנִּי׃mi.Me.niH4480, OLordיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068my salvation.

Commentaries on Psalms 38

Revised Version 1895 — 1895 — Public Domain