38:1 A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath!
38:1 A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger, or discipline me in your wrath.

38:2 For thy arrows have sunk into me, and thy hand has come down on me.
38:2 For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.

38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.

38:4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.
38:4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.

38:5 My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness,
38:5 My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness;

38:6 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.
38:6 I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all day long I go around mourning.

38:7 For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
38:7 For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

38:8 I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
38:8 I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.

38:9 Lord, all my longing is known to thee, my sighing is not hidden from thee.
38:9 O Lord, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you.

38:10 My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes -- it also has gone from me.
38:10 My heart throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes--it also has gone from me.

38:11 My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
38:11 My friends and companions stand aloof from my affliction, and my neighbors stand far off.

38:12 Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.
38:12 Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek to hurt me speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all day long.

38:13 But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.
38:13 But I am like the deaf, I do not hear; like the mute, who cannot speak.

38:14 Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
38:14 Truly, I am like one who does not hear, and in whose mouth is no retort.

38:15 But for thee, O LORD, do I wait; it is thou, O LORD my God, who wilt answer.
38:15 But it is for you, O LORD, that I wait; it is you, O LORD my God, who will answer.

38:16 For I pray, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!"
38:16 For I pray, "Only do not let them rejoice over me, those who boast against me when my foot slips."

38:17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
38:17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.

38:18 I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.
38:18 I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin.

38:19 Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
38:19 Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.

38:20 Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.
38:20 Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.

38:21 Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!
38:21 Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, do not be far from me;

38:22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
38:22 make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.