Psalms 38 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 LORD! Do not rebuke me in your anger; do not correct 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 because your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand has come down hard on 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 My body is unhealthy due to your anger, and my bones have no rest due to my sin. 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 My iniquities loom over my head; like a cumbersome burden, they are too heavy for 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 My wounds have putrefied and festered because of my foolishness. My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness, My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.
6 I am bent over and walk about greatly bowed down; all day long I go around mourning. 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 My insides are burning and my body is unhealthy. 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 I am weak and utterly crushed; I cry out in distress because of my heart's anguish. 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 Lord, all my longings are before you, and my groaning is not hidden from you. 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 My heart pounds, my strength fails me, even the gleam in my eye is gone. 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 As for my friends and my neighbors, they stand aloof from my distress; even my close relatives stand at a distance. 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 Those who seek my life lay snares for me; those who seek to do me harm brag all day long about their wicked planning. 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 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, and like the mute, who cannot open 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 Indeed, I have become like a man who hears nothing, and in whose mouth there is no rebuke. 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 Because I have placed my hope in you, LORD, you will answer, 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 For I said, |Do not let them gloat over me, as they congratulate themselves when my foot slips.| 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 Indeed, I am being set up for a fall, and I am continuously reminded of my pain. 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 I confess my iniquity, and my sin troubles me. I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 But my enemies are alive and well; those who hate me for no reason are numerous. 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 They reward my good with evil, opposing me because I seek to do good. 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 Don't forsake me, LORD. My God, do not be so distant 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 Come quickly and help me, Lord, my deliverer. Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.
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