Psalm 38-42
New American Standard Bible
Prayer of a Suffering Penitent.
A Psalm of David, for a memorial.
38 Lord, (A)do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
And do not punish me in Your burning anger.
2 For Your (B)arrows have sunk deep into me,
And (C)Your hand has pressed down on me.
3 There is (D)no healthy part in my flesh (E)because of Your indignation;
There is no health (F)in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my (G)guilty deeds have gone over my head;
Like a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
5 My [a]wounds grow foul and fester
Because of (H)my foolishness.
6 I am bent over and (I)greatly bowed down;
I (J)go in mourning all day long.
7 For my [b]sides are filled with (K)burning,
And there is (L)no healthy part in my flesh.
8 I feel (M)faint and [c]badly crushed;
I [d](N)groan because of the [e]agitation of my heart.
9 Lord, all (O)my desire is [f]before You;
And my (P)sighing is not hidden from You.
10 My heart throbs, (Q)my strength fails me;
And the (R)light of my eyes, even [g]that [h]has gone from me.
11 My [i](S)loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen (T)stand far away.
12 Those who (U)seek my life (V)lay snares for me;
And those who (W)seek to injure me have [j]threatened destruction,
And they (X)plot deception all day long.
13 But I, like a person who is deaf, do not hear;
And I am like a (Y)person who cannot speak, who does not open his mouth.
14 Yes, I am like a person who does not hear,
And in whose mouth are no arguments.
15 For (Z)I wait for You, Lord;
You (AA)will answer, Lord my God.
16 For I said, “May they not rejoice over me,
Who, when my foot slips, (AB)would exalt themselves over me.”
17 For I am (AC)ready to fall,
And (AD)my [k]sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I (AE)admit my guilt;
I am full of (AF)anxiety because of my sin.
19 But my (AG)enemies are vigorous and [l]strong,
And those who wrongfully (AH)hate me are many.
20 And those who (AI)repay evil for good,
They (AJ)become my enemies, because I follow what is good.
21 Do not abandon me, Lord;
My God, (AK)do not be far from me!
22 (AL)Hurry to help me,
Lord, (AM)my salvation!
The Futility of Life.
For the music director, for [m]Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
39 I said, “I will (AN)keep watch over my ways
So that I (AO)do not sin with my tongue;
I will keep watch over (AP)my mouth as with a muzzle
While the wicked are in my presence.”
2 I was (AQ)mute [n]and silent,
I [o]refused to say even something good,
And my pain was stirred up.
3 My (AR)heart was hot within me,
While I was musing the fire burned;
Then I spoke with my tongue:
4 “Lord, let me know (AS)my end,
And what is the extent of my days;
Let me know how (AT)transient I am.
5 Behold, You have made (AU)my days like [p]hand widths,
And my (AV)lifetime as nothing in Your sight;
Certainly all mankind standing is [q]a mere (AW)breath. Selah
6 Certainly every person (AX)walks around as [r]a fleeting shadow;
They certainly make an (AY)uproar for nothing;
He (AZ)amasses riches and does not know who will gather them.
7 “And now, Lord, for what do I wait?
My (BA)hope is in You.
8 (BB)Save me from all my wrongdoings;
Do not make me an object of (BC)reproach for the foolish.
9 I have become (BD)mute, I do not open my mouth,
Because it is (BE)You who have done it.
10 (BF)Remove Your plague from me;
Because of (BG)the opposition of Your hand I am [s]perishing.
11 With (BH)rebukes You punish a person for wrongdoing;
You (BI)consume like a moth what is precious to him;
Certainly (BJ)all mankind is mere breath! Selah
12 “(BK)Hear my prayer, Lord, and listen to my cry for help;
Do not be silent (BL)to my tears;
For I am (BM)a stranger with You,
(BN)One who lives abroad, like all my fathers.
13 (BO)Turn Your eyes away from me, that I may become cheerful again
Before I depart and am no more.”
God Sustains His Servant.
For the music director. A Psalm of David.
40 I (BP)waited [t]patiently for the Lord;
And He reached down to me and (BQ)heard my cry.
2 He brought me up out of the (BR)pit of [u]destruction, out of the mud;
And (BS)He set my feet on a rock, (BT)making my footsteps firm.
3 He put a (BU)new song in my mouth, a song of praise to our God;
Many will (BV)see and fear
And will trust in the Lord.
4 How (BW)blessed is the man who has made the Lord his trust,
And (BX)has not turned to the [v]proud, nor to those who (BY)become involved in falsehood.
5 Many, Lord my God, are (BZ)the wonders which You have done,
And Your (CA)thoughts toward us;
There is no one to compare with You.
If I would declare and speak of them,
They (CB)would be too numerous to count.
6 (CC)You have not desired [w]sacrifice and meal offering;
You have [x]opened my ears;
You have not required burnt offering and sin offering.
7 Then I said, “Behold, I have come;
It is [y]written of me in the scroll of the book.
8 (CD)I delight to do Your will, my God;
(CE)Your Law is within my [z]heart.”
9 I have (CF)proclaimed good news of righteousness in the great congregation;
Behold, I will (CG)not restrain my lips,
Lord, (CH)You know.
10 I have (CI)not hidden Your righteousness within my heart;
I have (CJ)spoken of Your faithfulness and Your salvation;
I have not concealed Your mercy and Your truth from the great congregation.
11 You, Lord, will not withhold Your compassion from me;
[aa]Your (CK)mercy and Your truth will continually watch over me.
12 For evils beyond number have (CL)surrounded me;
My (CM)guilty deeds have overtaken me, so that I am not able to see;
They are (CN)more numerous than the hairs of my head,
And my (CO)heart has [ab]failed me.
13 (CP)Be pleased, Lord, to rescue me;
(CQ)Hurry, Lord, to help me.
14 May those be (CR)ashamed and humiliated together
Who (CS)seek my [ac]life to destroy it;
May those be turned back and dishonored
Who delight [ad]in my hurt.
15 May those (CT)be [ae]appalled because of their shame
Who (CU)say to me, “Aha, aha!”
16 (CV)May all who seek You rejoice and be glad in You;
May those who love Your salvation continually (CW)say,
“The Lord be exalted!”
17 But (CX)I am afflicted and needy;
(CY)May the Lord be mindful of me.
You are my help and my savior;
Do not delay, my God.
The Psalmist in Sickness Complains of Enemies and False Friends.
For the music director. A Psalm of David.
41 Blessed is one who (CZ)considers the [af]helpless;
The Lord will save him (DA)on a day of [ag]trouble.
2 The Lord will (DB)protect him and keep him alive,
And he will be called [ah](DC)blessed upon the earth;
And (DD)do not turn him over to the desire of his enemies.
3 The Lord will sustain him upon his sickbed;
In his illness, You [ai]restore him to health.
4 As for me, I said, “Lord, be gracious to me;
(DE)Heal my soul, for (DF)I have sinned against You.”
5 My enemies (DG)speak evil against me,
“When will he die, and his name perish?”
6 And [aj]when he comes to see me, he (DH)speaks [ak]empty words;
His heart gathers wickedness to itself;
When he goes outside, he tells it.
7 All who hate me whisper together against me;
They (DI)plot my harm against me, saying,
8 “A wicked thing is poured out [al]upon him,
So that when he lies down, he will (DJ)not get up again.”
9 Even my [am](DK)close friend in whom I trusted,
Who ate my bread,
Has lifted up his heel against me.
10 But You, Lord, be gracious to me and (DL)raise me up,
That I may repay them.
11 By this I know that (DM)You are pleased with me,
Because (DN)my enemy does not shout in triumph over me.
12 As for me, (DO)You uphold me in my integrity,
And You place me (DP)in Your presence forever.
13 (DQ)Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel,
From everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.
BOOK 2
Thirsting for God in Trouble and Exile.
For the music director. A [an]Maskil of the sons of Korah.
42 As the deer [ao]pants for the water brooks,
So my soul [ap](DR)pants for You, God.
2 My soul (DS)thirsts for God, for the (DT)living God;
When shall I come and [aq](DU)appear before God?
3 My (DV)tears have been my food day and night,
While they (DW)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
4 I remember these things and (DX)pour out my soul within me.
For I (DY)used to go over with the multitude and walk them to the house of God,
With a voice of (DZ)joy and thanksgiving, a multitude celebrating a festival.
5 (EA)Why are you [ar](EB)in despair, my soul?
And why are you (EC)restless within me?
(ED)Wait for God, for I will [as]again praise [at]Him
For the [au](EE)help of His [av]presence, my God.
6 My soul is [aw]in despair within me;
Therefore I (EF)remember You from (EG)the land of the Jordan
And the [ax]peaks of (EH)Hermon, from Mount Mizar.
7 Deep calls to deep at the sound of Your waterfalls;
All Your (EI)breakers and Your waves have passed over me.
8 The Lord will (EJ)send His goodness in the daytime;
And His song will be with me (EK)in the night,
A prayer to (EL)the God of my life.
9 I will say to God (EM)my rock, “Why have You forgotten me?
Why do I go about (EN)mourning [ay]because of the (EO)oppression of the enemy?”
10 As a shattering of my bones, my adversaries taunt me,
While they (EP)say to me all day long, “Where is your God?”
11 (EQ)Why are you [az]in despair, my soul?
And why are you restless within me?
Wait for God, for I will again praise [ba]Him
For the [bb]help of His presence, my God.
Notas al pie
- Psalm 38:5 Or stripes
- Psalm 38:7 Lit loins
- Psalm 38:8 Or greatly
- Psalm 38:8 Lit roar
- Psalm 38:8 Lit growling
- Psalm 38:9 Or known to You
- Psalm 38:10 Lit they have
- Psalm 38:10 Lit is not with me
- Psalm 38:11 Or lovers
- Psalm 38:12 Lit spoken
- Psalm 38:17 Lit pain
- Psalm 38:19 Or numerous
- Psalm 39 Title 1 Chr 16:41
- Psalm 39:2 Lit with silence
- Psalm 39:2 Lit was silent from good
- Psalm 39:5 I.e., short
- Psalm 39:5 Or altogether breath
- Psalm 39:6 Lit an image
- Psalm 39:10 Or wasting away
- Psalm 40:1 Or intently
- Psalm 40:2 Lit wasteland; i.e., the underworld
- Psalm 40:4 Or enemies
- Psalm 40:6 I.e., blood sacrifice
- Psalm 40:6 Lit dug; or possibly pierced
- Psalm 40:7 Or prescribed for
- Psalm 40:8 Lit inner being
- Psalm 40:11 Or May...preserve
- Psalm 40:12 Lit forsaken
- Psalm 40:14 Or soul
- Psalm 40:14 Or to injure me
- Psalm 40:15 Or desolated
- Psalm 41:1 Or poor
- Psalm 41:1 Or evil
- Psalm 41:2 Or happy
- Psalm 41:3 Lit turn all his bed
- Psalm 41:6 Or if he
- Psalm 41:6 Lit worthlessness
- Psalm 41:8 Or within
- Psalm 41:9 Lit man of peace
- Psalm 42 Title Possibly Contemplative; or Didactic; or Skillful Psalm
- Psalm 42:1 Lit longs for
- Psalm 42:1 Lit longs for
- Psalm 42:2 Some mss see the face of God
- Psalm 42:5 Lit dissolved away
- Psalm 42:5 Or still
- Psalm 42:5 Some ancient versions Him, the help of my face and my God
- Psalm 42:5 Or saving acts of
- Psalm 42:5 Or presence. O my God, my soul...
- Psalm 42:6 Or dissolved away
- Psalm 42:6 Lit Hermons
- Psalm 42:9 Or while the enemy oppresses
- Psalm 42:11 Or dissolved away
- Psalm 42:11 As in some ancient mss, cf. v 5; MT Him, the help of my face and my God
- Psalm 42:11 Or saving acts of
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