Psalms 38

NEW JERUSALEM	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 [Psalm Of David In commemoration] Yahweh, do not correct me in anger, do not discipline me inwrath.	1 A psalm of David. For remembrance.
2 For your arrows have pierced deep into me, your hand has pressed down upon me.	2 LORD, punish me no more in your anger; in your wrath do not chastise me!
3 Your indignation has left no part of me unscathed, my sin has left no health in my bones.	3 Your arrows have sunk deep in me; your hand has come down upon me.
4 My sins stand higher than my head, they weigh on me as an unbearable weight.	4 My flesh is afflicted because of your anger; my frame aches because of my sin.
5 I have stinking, festering wounds, thanks to my fol y.	5 My iniquities overwhelm me, a burden beyond my strength.
6 I am twisted and bent double, I spend my days in gloom.	6 Foul and festering are my sores because of my folly.
7 My loins burn with fever, no part of me is unscathed.	7 I am stooped and deeply bowed; all day I go about mourning.
8 Numbed and utterly crushed I groan in distress of heart.	8 My loins burn with fever; my flesh is afflicted.
9 Lord, all my longing is known to you, my sighing no secret from you,	9 I am numb and utterly crushed; I wail with anguish of heart.
10 my heart is throbbing, my strength has failed, the light has gone out of my eyes.	10 My Lord, my deepest yearning is before you; my groaning is not hidden from you.
11 Friends and companions shun my disease, even the dearest of them keep their distance.	11 My heart shudders, my strength forsakes me; the very light of my eyes has failed.
12 Those with designs on my life lay snares, those who wish me ill speak of violence and hatchtreachery all day long.	12 Friends and companions shun my pain; my neighbors stand far off.
13 But I hear nothing, as though I were deaf, as though dumb, saying not a word.	13 Those who seek my life lay snares for me; they seek my misfortune, they speak of ruin; they plot treachery all the day.
14 I am like the one who, hearing nothing, has no sharp answer to make.	14 But I am like the deaf, hearing nothing, like the dumb, saying nothing,
15 For in you, Yahweh, I put my hope, you, Lord my God, wil give answer.	15 Like someone who does not hear, who has no answer ready.
16 I said, 'Never let them gloat over me, do not let them take advantage of me if my foot slips.'	16 LORD, I wait for you; O Lord, my God, answer me.
17 There is no escape for me from fal ing, no relief from my misery.	17 For I fear they will gloat, exult over me if I stumble.
18 But I make no secret of my guilt, I am anxious at the thought of my sin.	18 I am very near to falling; my pain is with me always.
19 There is no numbering those who oppose me without cause, no counting those who hate meunprovoked,	19 I acknowledge my guilt and grieve over my sin.
20 repaying me evil for good, slandering me for trying to do them good.	20 But many are my foes without cause, a multitude of enemies without reason,
21 Yahweh, do not desert me, my God, do not stand aloof from me.	21 Repaying me evil for good, harassing me for pursuing good.
22 Come quickly to my help, Lord, my Saviour!	22 Forsake me not, O LORD; my God, be not far from me!
	23 Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my salvation!