Verse 1
Psalms 38:1
GOD'S WORD Translation
1
Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath,
neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִזְמ֖וֹר לְ/דָוִ֣ד לְ/הַזְכִּֽיר
English Translation
A psalm of David, to make memorial.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 38 Context
1
Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath,
neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
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For your arrows have pierced me,
your hand presses hard on me.
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3
There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation,
neither is there any health in my bon...
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4
For my iniquities have gone over my head.
As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
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5
My wounds are loathsome and corrupt,
because of my foolishness.
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6
I am pained and bowed down greatly.
I go mourning all day long.
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7
For my waist is filled with burning.
There is no soundness in my flesh.
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8
I am faint and severely bruised.
I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
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9
Lord, all my desire is before you.
My groaning is not hidden from you.
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10
My heart throbs.
My strength fails me.
As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
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11
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague.
My kinsmen stand far away.
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12
They also who seek after my life lay snares.
Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things,
and me...
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13
But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear.
I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.
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14
Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear,
in whose mouth are no reproofs.
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15
For in you, Yahweh, do I hope.
You will answer, Lord my God (Elohim).
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16
For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me,
or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
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17
For I am ready to fall.
My pain is continually before me.
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18
For I will declare my iniquity.
I will be sorry for my sin.
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19
But my enemies are vigorous and many.
Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
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20
They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me,
because I follow what is good.
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21
Don’t forsake me, Yahweh.
My God (Elohim), don’t be far from me.
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22
Hurry to help me,
Lord, my salvation.
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