Psalms 38 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 <V 37:1>A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath. <V 37:2>O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath. O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath! A psalm of David. A petition. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
2 <V 37:3>For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me. For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.
3 <V 37:4>There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face of my sins. There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.
4 <V 37:5>For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me. For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.
5 <V 37:6>My sores have putrefied and been corrupted before the face of my foolishness. My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness, My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.
6 <V 37:7>I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long. I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning. I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.
7 <V 37:8>For my loins have been filled with illusions, and there is no health in my flesh. For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.
8 <V 37:9>I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart. I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart. I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9 <V 37:10>O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden. O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you. All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you.
10 <V 37:11>My heart has been disturbed. My strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes has abandoned me, and it is not with me. My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me. My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.
11 <V 37:12>My friends and my neighbors have drawn near and stood against me. And those who were next to me stood far apart. And those who sought my soul used violence. My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off. My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away.
12 <V 37:13>And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long. Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long. Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.
13 <V 37:14>But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth. But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth. I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 <V 37:15>And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth. I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes. I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 <V 37:16>For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God. But for you, O LORD, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer. LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.
16 <V 37:17>For I said, “Lest at any time, my enemies might rejoice over me,” and, “While my feet are being shaken, they have spoken great things against me.” For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!” For I said, “Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”
17 <V 37:18>For I have been prepared for scourges, and my sorrow is ever before me. For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me. For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 <V 37:19>For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin. I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 <V 37:20>But my enemies live, and they have been stronger than me. And those who have wrongfully hated me have been multiplied. But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully. Many have become my enemies without cause; those who hate me without reason are numerous.
20 <V 37:21>Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness. Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good. Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.
21 <V 37:22>Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me. Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me! LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.
22 <V 37:23>Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation. Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.
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