Psalmi 38

VULGATA	NEW AMERICAN BIBLE
1 In finem, ipsi Idithun. Canticum David.	1 A psalm of David. For remembrance.
2 Dixi : Custodiam vias meas : ut non delinquam in lingua mea. Posui ori meo custodiam, cum consisteret peccator adversum me.	2 LORD, punish me no more in your anger; in your wrath do not chastise me!
3 Obmutui, et humiliatus sum, et silui a bonis ; et dolor meus renovatus est.	3 Your arrows have sunk deep in me; your hand has come down upon me.
4 Concaluit cor meum intra me ; et in meditatione mea exardescet ignis.	4 My flesh is afflicted because of your anger; my frame aches because of my sin.
5 Locutus sum in lingua mea : Notum fac mihi, Domine, finem meum, et numerum dierum meorum quis est, ut sciam quid desit mihi.	5 My iniquities overwhelm me, a burden beyond my strength.
6 Ecce mensurabiles posuisti dies meos, et substantia mea tamquam nihilum ante te. Verumtamen universa vanitas, omnis homo vivens.	6 Foul and festering are my sores because of my folly.
7 Verumtamen in imagine pertransit homo ; sed et frustra conturbatur : thesaurizat, et ignorat cui congregabit ea.	7 I am stooped and deeply bowed; all day I go about mourning.
8 Et nunc quæ est exspectatio mea : nonne Dominus ? et substantia mea apud te est.	8 My loins burn with fever; my flesh is afflicted.
9 Ab omnibus iniquitatibus meis erue me : opprobrium insipienti dedisti me.	9 I am numb and utterly crushed; I wail with anguish of heart.
10 Obmutui, et non aperui os meum, quoniam tu fecisti ;	10 My Lord, my deepest yearning is before you; my groaning is not hidden from you.
11 amove a me plagas tuas.	11 My heart shudders, my strength forsakes me; the very light of my eyes has failed.
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.	12 Friends and companions shun my pain; my neighbors stand far off.
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.	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 Remitte mihi, ut refrigerer priusquam abeam et amplius non ero.	14 But I am like the deaf, hearing nothing, like the dumb, saying nothing,
	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!