KJ3 Literal Translation
Psalms 38
David confesses his sins and seeks relief from Jehovah to take compassion on him. A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.
1A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Jehovah, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, and do not chasten me in Your fury.
2For Your arrows are going down into me, and Your hand is going down on me.
3There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your anger; no peace in my bones because of my sin.
4For my iniquities have passed over my head; as a heavy burden too heavy for me.
5My wounds have festered and rotted because of my foolishness.
6I am bent down, I am bowed down even to excess; I have gone darkened all the day.
7For my loins are filled with a burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I am benumbed and crushed even to excess; I roar from the groanings of my heart.
9My Lord, all my desire is before You, and my sighing is not hidden from You.
10My heart throbs; my power forsakes me! And the light of my eyes, they also are not with me.
11My lovers and my friends stand apart from my stroke, and my neighbors have stood far off.
12And those seeking my life lay a snare; yea, those seeking my evil speak destruction, and they utter deceits all the day.
13But like a deaf one I do not hear; and I am like a mute one who does not open his mouth.
14And I am as a man who is not hearing, and who has no rebukes in his mouth.
15For I hope in You, O Jehovah; O Lord my God You will answer.
16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me in the slipping of my foot; they exalt themselves over me.
17For I am ready to fall and my pain is before me always.
18For I will confess my iniquity; I am anxious from my sin.
19And my living enemies are strong; and ones hating me have multiplied; they lie.
20And those who repay evil for good, they oppose me, because the good follows me.
21O Jehovah, do not forsake me! O my God, do not be far from me;
22Make haste to help me, O my Lord, my salvation.
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