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Psalm 38
New International Version
Psalm 38
New International Version
Psalm 38[a]
A psalm of David. A petition.
1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.(A)
2 Your arrows(B) have pierced me,
and your hand has come down on me.
3 Because of your wrath there is no health(C) in my body;
there is no soundness in my bones(D) because of my sin.
4 My guilt has overwhelmed(E) me
like a burden too heavy to bear.(F)
5 My wounds(G) fester and are loathsome(H)
because of my sinful folly.(I)
6 I am bowed down(J) and brought very low;
all day long I go about mourning.(K)
7 My back is filled with searing pain;(L)
there is no health(M) in my body.
8 I am feeble and utterly crushed;(N)
I groan(O) in anguish of heart.(P)
9 All my longings(Q) lie open before you, Lord;
my sighing(R) is not hidden from you.
10 My heart pounds,(S) my strength fails(T) me;
even the light has gone from my eyes.(U)
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;(V)
my neighbors stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,(W)
those who would harm me talk of my ruin;(X)
all day long they scheme and lie.(Y)
13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,(Z)
like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 I have become like one who does not hear,
whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 Lord, I wait(AA) for you;
you will answer,(AB) Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat(AC)
or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”(AD)
17 For I am about to fall,(AE)
and my pain(AF) is ever with me.
18 I confess my iniquity;(AG)
I am troubled by my sin.
19 Many have become my enemies(AH) without cause[b];
those who hate me(AI) without reason(AJ) are numerous.
20 Those who repay my good with evil(AK)
lodge accusations(AL) against me,
though I seek only to do what is good.
Footnotes
- Psalm 38:1 In Hebrew texts 38:1-22 is numbered 38:2-23.
- Psalm 38:19 One Dead Sea Scrolls manuscript; Masoretic Text my vigorous enemies
Psalm 38
King James Version
Psalm 38
King James Version
38 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
Psalmi 38
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Psalmi 38
Cornilescu 1924 - Revised 2010, 2014
Psalmul 38
Un psalm al lui David.
Spre aducere-aminte
1 Doamne(A), nu mă mustra în mânia Ta
şi nu mă pedepsi în urgia Ta.
2 Căci săgeţile(B) Tale s-au înfipt în mine
şi mâna(C) Ta apasă asupra mea.
3 N-a mai rămas nimic sănătos în carnea mea din pricina mâniei Tale;
nu mai este nicio(D) vlagă în oasele mele în urma păcatului meu.
4 Căci fărădelegile(E) mele se ridică deasupra capului meu,
ca o povară grea sunt(F) prea grele pentru mine.
5 Rănile mele miros greu şi sunt pline de coptură,
în urma nebuniei mele.
6 Sunt gârbovit; peste măsură de istovit(G).
Toată ziua umblu(H) plin de întristare.
7 Căci o durere arzătoare(I) îmi mistuie măruntaiele,
şi n-a mai rămas nimic(J) sănătos în carnea mea.
8 Sunt fără putere, zdrobit cu desăvârşire;
tulburarea inimii mele mă face să gem(K).
9 Doamne, toate dorinţele mele sunt înaintea Ta
şi suspinele mele nu-Ţi sunt ascunse.
10 Inima îmi bate cu tărie, puterea mă părăseşte
şi lumina(L) ochilor mei nu mai este cu mine.
11 Prietenii(M) şi cunoscuţii mei se depărtează(N) de rana mea
şi rudele mele stau(O) deoparte.
12 Cei ce vor să-mi ia viaţa îşi întind cursele(P),
cei ce-mi caută nenorocirea spun(Q) răutăţi
şi toată ziua urzesc(R) la înşelătorii.
13 Iar eu(S) sunt ca un surd, n-aud;
sunt(T) ca un mut, care nu deschide gura.
14 Sunt ca un om care n-aude
şi în gura căruia nu este niciun răspuns.
15 Doamne, în Tine nădăjduiesc(U);
Tu vei răspunde, Doamne, Dumnezeule!
16 Căci zic: „Nu îngădui să(V) se bucure vrăjmaşii mei de mine
şi să se fudulească(W) împotriva mea, când mi se clatină piciorul(X)!”
17 Căci sunt aproape să cad
şi durerea mea este totdeauna înaintea mea.
18 Îmi mărturisesc(Y) fărădelegea,
mă doare(Z) de păcatul meu.
19 Dar vrăjmaşii mei sunt plini de viaţă şi plini de putere;
cei ce mă urăsc fără(AA) temei sunt mulţi la număr.
20 Ei îmi întorc(AB) rău pentru bine,
îmi sunt potrivnici, pentru că(AC) eu urmăresc binele.
21 Nu mă părăsi, Doamne!
Dumnezeule, nu(AD) Te depărta de mine!
22 Vino degrabă în ajutorul meu,
Doamne, Mântuirea(AE) mea!
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