Saamu 38
Bíbélì Mímọ́ Yorùbá Òde Òn
Saamu Dafidi. Ẹ̀bẹ̀.
38 Olúwa, Má ṣe bá mi wí nínú ìbínú rẹ,
bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí o má ṣe fi ìyà jẹ mí nínú ìrunú rẹ̀.
2 Nítorí tí ọfà rẹ kàn mọ́ mi ṣinṣin,
ọwọ́ rẹ sì kì mí mọ́lẹ̀.
3 Kò sí ibi yíyè ní ara à mi, nítorí ìbínú rẹ;
kò sí àlàáfíà nínú egungun mi nítorí i ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi.
4 Nítorí àìṣedéédéé mi ti borí mi mọ́lẹ̀;
wọ́n tó ìwọ̀n bi àjàgà tí ó wúwo jù fún mi.
5 Ọgbẹ́ mi ń rùn ó sì díbàjẹ́
nítorí òmùgọ̀ mi.
6 Èmi ń jòwèrè, orí mi tẹ̀ ba gidigidi
èmi ń ṣọ̀fọ̀ rìn kiri ní gbogbo ọjọ́.
7 Nítorí ẹ̀gbẹ́ mi kún fún ìgbóná tí ń jóni
kò sì ṣí ibi yíyè ní ara mi,
8 Ara mi hù, a sì wó mi jẹ́gẹjẹ̀gẹ;
mo kérora nítorí ìrúkèrúdò àyà mi.
9 Olúwa, gbogbo ìfẹ́ mi ń bẹ níwájú rẹ;
ìmí ẹ̀dùn mi kò sápamọ́ fún ọ.
10 Àyà mi ń mí hẹlẹ, agbára mi yẹ̀ mí sílẹ̀;
bí ó ṣe ti ìmọ́lẹ̀ ojú mi ni, ó ti lọ kúrò lára mi.
11 Àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ mi àti àwọn ẹlẹgbẹ́ mi dúró lókèèrè réré kúrò níbi ìpọ́njú mi,
àwọn alábágbé mi, dúró lókèèrè.
12 Àwọn tí n wá ẹ̀mí mi dẹ okùn sílẹ̀ fún mi;
àti àwọn tí ó fẹ́ pa mí lára ń sọ̀rọ̀ nípa ìparun,
wọ́n sì ń gbèrò ẹ̀tàn ní gbogbo ọjọ́.
13 Ṣùgbọ́n mo dàbí adití odi, èmi kò gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀;
àti bí odi, tí kò le sọ̀rọ̀.
14 Nítòótọ́, mo rí bí ọkùnrin tí kò gbọ́rọ̀,
àti bí ẹnu ẹni tí kò sí ìjiyàn.
15 Ṣùgbọ́n sí ọ Olúwa, ìwọ ni mo dúró dè;
ìwọ ni, Olúwa Ọlọ́run mi, ẹni tí yóò dáhùn.
16 Nítorí tí mo gbàdúrà, “Gbóhùn mi, kí wọn má ba à yọ̀ mí;
nígbà tí ẹsẹ̀ mi bá yọ̀ wọn yóò máa gbé ara wọn ga sí mi.”
17 Nítorí tí mo ti ṣetán láti ṣubú,
ìrora mi sì wà pẹ̀lú mi nígbà gbogbo.
18 Mo jẹ́wọ́ ìrékọjá mi;
àánú sì ṣe mí fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi.
19 Àwọn tí ó jẹ́ ọ̀tá mi láìnídìí pàtàkì, wọ́n lágbára púpọ̀,
ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ni àwọn tí ó kórìíra mi lọ́nà òdì.
20 Àwọn tí wọn ń fi ibi san rere fún mi
àwọn ni ọ̀tá mi
nítorí pé mò ń tọ ìre lẹ́yìn.
21 Má ṣe kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀, ìwọ Olúwa!
Ọlọ́run mi, Má ṣe jìnnà sí mi.
22 Yára láti ràn mí lọ́wọ́,
Olúwa, Olùgbàlà mi.
Psalm 38
English Standard Version
Do Not Forsake Me, O Lord
A Psalm of David, (A)for the memorial offering.
38 O Lord, (B)rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath!
2 For your (C)arrows have sunk into me,
and your hand (D)has come down on me.
3 There is (E)no soundness in my flesh
because of your indignation;
there is no health in my (F)bones
because of my sin.
4 For my (G)iniquities have gone over my head;
like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds stink and fester
because of my foolishness,
6 I am (H)utterly bowed down and (I)prostrate;
all the day I (J)go about mourning.
7 For my sides are filled with burning,
and there is (K)no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and crushed;
I (L)groan because of the tumult of my heart.
9 O Lord, all my longing is before you;
my (M)sighing is not hidden from you.
10 My heart throbs; my strength fails me,
and (N)the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me.
11 My (O)friends and companions (P)stand aloof from my (Q)plague,
and my nearest kin (R)stand far off.
12 Those who seek my life (S)lay their snares;
those who seek my hurt (T)speak of ruin
and meditate (U)treachery all day long.
13 But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear,
like (V)a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14 I have become like a man who does not hear,
and in whose mouth are no (W)rebukes.
15 But for (X)you, O Lord, do I wait;
it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer.
16 For I said, “Only (Y)let them not rejoice over me,
who (Z)boast against me when my (AA)foot slips!”
Psalm 38
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 38[a]
Prayer of a Sinner in Great Peril
1 A psalm of David. For remembrance.[b]
2 O Lord, do not punish me in your anger
or chastise me in your wrath.
3 For your arrows[c] have pierced me deeply,
and your hand has come down upon me.
4 No portion of my body[d] has been unscathed
as a result of your anger;
my bones have become weak
as a result of my sins.
5 My iniquities tower far above my head;[e]
they are a burden too heavy to bear.
6 My wounds are fetid and fester
because of my folly.
7 I am bowed down and bent over,
as I spend each day in sorrow.
8 My loins are filled with searing pain;
no part of my body[f] is unafflicted.
9 I am numb and completely crushed,
and I groan in anguish of heart.[g]
10 O Lord, all my longing is known to you,
and my sighs are not hidden from you.
11 My heart throbs, and my strength is spent;
even the light has faded from my eyes.
12 My friends and companions stay away from my affliction,
and my neighbors keep their distance.
13 Those who seek my life set traps;
those who wish me harm threaten violence
and plot treachery all day long.[h]
14 [i]But I am like a man who cannot hear,
like one who cannot open his mouth.
15 I am like one who hears nothing
and has no answer to offer.
16 I place my hope in you, O Lord;
you, O Lord, my God, will answer for me.
17 For I prayed, “Never let them gloat over me
or exult should my foot slip.”
18 I am at the point of exhaustion,
and my grief is with me constantly.
19 I acknowledge my iniquity,
and I sincerely grieve for my sin.
20 [j]Numerous and strong are my enemies without cause;
many are those who hate me without good reason.[k]
21 Those who repay my good deeds with evil
oppose me because I follow a path of righteousness.
22 Do not abandon me, O Lord;
my God, do not remain far from me.
23 Come quickly to my aid,
O Lord, my Savior.
Footnotes
- Psalm 38:1 The psalmist of this third Penitential Psalm (seven in all: Pss 6; 32; 38; 51; 102; 130; 143) is a man prostrated beneath the weight of his sickness and the vilification heaped on him by others, a man marked by the chastisement of God. He utters a suppliant and monotone plaint that seems as interminable as his suffering. Before God, he is pitiable, abandoned, and betrayed. This new Job (Job 6:4; 19:13-21) does not rebel. He thinks of himself as a sinner who deserves his lot and he suffers in silence, leveling neither recriminations nor imprecations against his adversaries. Indeed, hope stirs secretly in him.
The complete abandonment to God that is expressed here is also found in the third Lamentation (Lam 3:26-29) and in the Songs of the Servant of the Lord (see Isa 53:7). The Christian Liturgy sees in this man of sorrows an image of the Christ who was silent during his Passion.
In praying this psalm, we should look to ourselves, scrutinizing our lives and our consciences with a penetrating and impartial honesty, the better to discern the place of sin therein and the better to realize that we are and remain sinners (see Rom 7:14-20; 1 Jn 1:8f). This will in no way prevent us from begging God not to chastise us in his wrath but to save us as soon as possible from our afflictions and our foes. - Psalm 38:1 For remembrance: the meaning is “For the memorial sacrifice” or “portion” (see Lev 2:2, 9, 16; 5:12; Isa 66:3); it occurs elsewhere only in Ps 70; an alternative translation is: “A petition.”
- Psalm 38:3 Arrows: i.e., the trials God has sent him (see Deut 32:23; Job 6:4; 34:6; Lam 3:12; Ezek 5:16).
- Psalm 38:4 Body: literally, “flesh.” Bones: see note on Ps 34:20-21.
- Psalm 38:5 My iniquities tower far above my head: his guilt has resulted in both physical and psychological suffering.
- Psalm 38:8 Body: literally, “flesh.”
- Psalm 38:9 Heart: see note on Ps 4:8.
- Psalm 38:13 This passage recalls the fourth Song of the Servant (Isa 53:4, 7; see also Pss 31:11; 35:20; 37:32; 88:9; Job 12:4f; 19:13f).
- Psalm 38:14 Like a man deaf and dumb, the psalmist does not reply to those who slander him; he waits for the Lord to vindicate his cause.
- Psalm 38:20 Passage close to Pss 35:11; 109:3-5. Some Greek manuscripts and many versions add: “They have rejected me, the loved one, like some hideous corpse” (see Isa 14:19 Greek). This allusion to the crucified Christ is made even more explicit in the Coptic version by the words: “They have nailed my flesh.”
- Psalm 38:20 Hate me without good reason: although the psalmist acknowledges that he sinned against the Lord, he protests his innocence of wrongdoing against his enemies (see note on Ps 35:19).
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