Psalms 38 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 O LORD, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage! 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 struck deep, and your blows are crushing 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 Because of your anger, my whole body is sick; my health is broken because 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 My guilt overwhelms me— it is a burden too heavy to bear. 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 fester and stink because of my foolish sins. 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 racked with pain. All day long I walk around filled with grief. 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 A raging fever burns within me, and my health is broken. 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 exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished 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 You know what I long for, Lord; you hear my every sigh. 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 beats wildly, my strength fails, and I am going blind. 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 My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease. Even my own family stands 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 Meanwhile, my enemies lay traps to kill me. Those who wish me harm make plans to ruin me. All day long they plan their treachery. 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 deaf to all their threats. I am silent before them as one who cannot speak. 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 choose to hear nothing, and I make no reply. 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 For I am waiting for you, O LORD. You must answer for 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 I prayed, “Don’t let my enemies gloat over me or rejoice at my downfall.” 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 on the verge of collapse, facing constant 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 But I confess my sins; I am deeply sorry for what I have done. I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 I have many aggressive enemies; they hate me without reason. 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 repay me evil for good and oppose 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 abandon me, O LORD. Do not stand at a distance, my God. 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, O Lord my savior. Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior.
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