Psalms 38

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1 A psalm of David. For remembrance.	1 In finem, ipsi Idithun. Canticum David.
2 LORD, punish me no more in your anger; in your wrath do not chastise me!	2 Dixi : Custodiam vias meas : ut non delinquam in lingua mea. Posui ori meo custodiam, cum consisteret peccator adversum me.
3 Your arrows have sunk deep in me; your hand has come down upon me.	3 Obmutui, et humiliatus sum, et silui a bonis ; et dolor meus renovatus est.
4 My flesh is afflicted because of your anger; my frame aches because of my sin.	4 Concaluit cor meum intra me ; et in meditatione mea exardescet ignis.
5 My iniquities overwhelm me, a burden beyond my strength.	5 Locutus sum in lingua mea : Notum fac mihi, Domine, finem meum, et numerum dierum meorum quis est, ut sciam quid desit mihi.
6 Foul and festering are my sores because of my folly.	6 Ecce mensurabiles posuisti dies meos, et substantia mea tamquam nihilum ante te. Verumtamen universa vanitas, omnis homo vivens.
7 I am stooped and deeply bowed; all day I go about mourning.	7 Verumtamen in imagine pertransit homo ; sed et frustra conturbatur : thesaurizat, et ignorat cui congregabit ea.
8 My loins burn with fever; my flesh is afflicted.	8 Et nunc quæ est exspectatio mea : nonne Dominus ? et substantia mea apud te est.
9 I am numb and utterly crushed; I wail with anguish of heart.	9 Ab omnibus iniquitatibus meis erue me : opprobrium insipienti dedisti me.
10 My Lord, my deepest yearning is before you; my groaning is not hidden from you.	10 Obmutui, et non aperui os meum, quoniam tu fecisti ;
11 My heart shudders, my strength forsakes me; the very light of my eyes has failed.	11 amove a me plagas tuas.
12 Friends and companions shun my pain; my neighbors stand far off.	12 A fortitudine manus tuæ ego defeci in increpationibus : propter iniquitatem corripuisti hominem. Et tabescere fecisti sicut araneam animam ejus : verumtamen vane conturbatur omnis homo.
13 Those who seek my life lay snares for me; they seek my misfortune, they speak of ruin; they plot treachery all the day.	13 Exaudi orationem meam, Domine, et deprecationem meam ; auribus percipe lacrimas meas. Ne sileas, quoniam advena ego sum apud te, et peregrinus sicut omnes patres mei.
14 But I am like the deaf, hearing nothing, like the dumb, saying nothing,	14 Remitte mihi, ut refrigerer priusquam abeam et amplius non ero.
15 Like someone who does not hear, who has no answer ready.
16 LORD, I wait for you; O Lord, my God, answer me.
17 For I fear they will gloat, exult over me if I stumble.
18 I am very near to falling; my pain is with me always.
19 I acknowledge my guilt and grieve over my sin.
20 But many are my foes without cause, a multitude of enemies without reason,
21 Repaying me evil for good, harassing me for pursuing good.
22 Forsake me not, O LORD; my God, be not far from me!
23 Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my salvation!