Psalms 38 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 A psalm of David. For remembrance. [2] LORD, do not punish me in your anger; in your wrath do not chastise me! 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 Your arrows have sunk deep in me; your hand has come down upon 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 There is no wholesomeness in my flesh because of your anger; there is no health in my bones because of 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 overwhelm me, a burden 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 Foul and festering are my sores because of my folly. My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness, My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.
6 I am stooped and deeply bowed; every day I go about 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 loins burn with fever; there is no wholesomeness 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 I am numb and utterly crushed; I wail with anguish of 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 My Lord, my deepest yearning is before you; 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 shudders, my strength forsakes me; the very light of my eyes has failed. 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 Friends and companions shun my disease; my neighbors stand far off. 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; they seek my misfortune, they speak of ruin; they plot treachery every day. 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 But I am like the deaf, hearing nothing, like the mute, I do not open my 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 I am even like someone who does not hear, who has no answer ready. 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 LORD, it is for you that I wait; O Lord, my God, you respond. 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 have said that they would gloat over me, exult over me if I stumble. 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 I am very near to falling; my wounds are with me always. 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 acknowledge my guilt and grieve over my sin. I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 My enemies live and grow strong, those who hate me grow numerous fraudulently, 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 Repaying me evil for good, accusing me for pursuing 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 Do not forsake me, O LORD; my God, be not far 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 to help me, my Lord and 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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