DB1 | Prayer in Distress. Psalm 38(v37) | KNSB Contents | notes| 38 | katapi NEW STUDY BIBLE | Passage | Biblia Hebraica |
| A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. | Prayer in Distress. Psalm 38(v37) | מִזְמֹור לְדָוִד לְהַזְכִּיר׃ | |
| 38 1 | O Yahweh, rebuke me not in your anger, nor chasten me in your wrath! | יְהוָה אַל־בְּקֶצְפְּךָ תֹוכִיחֵנִי וּבַחֲמָתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵנִי׃ | |
| 2 | For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. | כִּי־חִצֶּיךָ נִחֲתוּ בִי וַתִּנְחַת עָלַי יָדֶךָ׃ | |
| 3 | There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. | אֵין־מְתֹם בִּבְשָׂרִי מִפְּנֵי זַעְמֶךָ אֵין־שָׁלֹום בַּעֲצָמַי מִפְּנֵי חַטָּאתִי׃ | |
| 4 | For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me. | כִּי עֲוֹנֹתַי עָבְרוּ רֹאשִׁי כְּמַשָּׂא כָבֵד יִכְבְּדוּ מִמֶּנִּי׃ | |
| 5 | My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness, | הִבְאִישׁוּ נָמַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָי מִפְּנֵי אִוַּלְתִּי׃ | |
| 6 | I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning. | נַעֲוֵיתִי שַׁחֹתִי עַד־מְאֹד כָּל־הַיֹּום קֹדֵר הִלָּכְתִּי׃ | |
| 7 | For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. | כִּי־כְסָלַי מָלְאוּ נִקְלֶה וְאֵין מְתֹם בִּבְשָׂרִי׃ | |
| 8 | I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart. | נְפוּגֹותִי וְנִדְכֵּיתִי עַד־מְאֹד שָׁאַגְתִּי מִנַּהֲמַת לִבִּי׃ | |
| 9 | Yahweh, all my longing is known to you, my sighing is not hidden from you. | אֲדֹנָי נֶגְדְּךָ כָל־תַּאֲוָתִי וְאַנְחָתִי מִמְּךָ לֹא־נִסְתָּרָה׃ | |
| 10 | My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes - it also has gone from me. | לִבִּי סְחַרְחַר עֲזָבַנִי כֹחִי וְאֹור־עֵינַי גַּם־הֵם אֵין אִתִּי׃ | |
| 11 | My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off. | אֹהֲבַי וְרֵעַי מִנֶּגֶד נִגְעִי יַעֲמֹדוּ וּקְרֹובַי מֵרָחֹק עָמָדוּ׃ | |
| 12 | Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long. | וַיְנַקְשׁוּ מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשִׁי וְדֹרְשֵׁי רָעָתִי דִּבְּרוּ הַוֹּות וּמִרְמֹות כָּל־הַיֹּום יֶהְגּוּ׃ | |
| 13 | But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth. | וַאֲנִי כְחֵרֵשׁ לֹא אֶשְׁמָע וּכְאִלֵּם לֹא יִפְתַּח־פִּיו׃ | |
| 14 | Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes. | וָאֱהִי כְּאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־שֹׁמֵעַ וְאֵין בְּפִיו תֹּוכָחֹות׃ | |
| 15 | But for you, O Yahweh, do I wait; it is you, O Yahweh my God, who will answer. | כִּי־לְךָ יְהוָה הֹוחָלְתִּי אַתָּה תַעֲנֶה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהָי׃ | |
| 16 | For I pray, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!" | כִּי־אָמַרְתִּי פֶּן־יִשְׂמְחוּ־לִי בְּמֹוט רַגְלִי עָלַי הִגְדִּילוּ׃ | |
| 17 | For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me. | כִּי־אֲנִי לְצֶלַע נָכֹון וּמַכְאֹובִי נֶגְדִּי תָמִיד׃ | |
| 18 | I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin. | כִּי־עֲוֹנִי אַגִּיד אֶדְאַג מֵחַטָּאתִי׃ | |
| 19 | Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully. | וְאֹיְבַי חַיִּים עָצֵמוּ וְרַבּוּ שֹׂנְאַי שָׁקֶר׃ | |
| 20 | Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good. | וּמְשַׁלְּמֵי רָעָה תַּחַת טֹובָה יִשְׂטְנוּנִי תַּחַת כ= רְדֹופִי ק= רָדְפִי־טֹוב׃ | |
| 21 | Do not forsake me, O Yahweh! O my God, be not far from me! | אַל־תַּעַזְבֵנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי אַל־תִּרְחַק מִמֶּנִּי׃ | |
| 22 | Make haste to help me, O Yahweh, my salvation! | חוּשָׁה לְעֶזְרָתִי אֲדֹנָי תְּשׁוּעָתִי׃ | |