New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures — With References (Rbi8, en_US, 1984)

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Psalms, 38

A melody of David, to bring to remembrance.

1 O Jehovah, do not in your indignation reprove me, Nor in your rage correct me.

2 For your own arrows have sunk themselves deep into me, And upon me your hand is come down.

3 There is no sound spot in my flesh because of your denunciation. There is no peace in my bones on account of my sin.

4 For my own errors have passed over my head; Like a heavy load they are too heavy for me.

5 My wounds have become stinky, they have festered, Because of my foolishness.

6 I have become disconcerted, I have bowed low to an extreme degree; All day long I have walked about sad.

7 For my very loins have become full of burning, And there is no sound spot in my flesh.

8 I have grown numb and become crushed to an extreme degree; I have roared due to the groaning of my heart.

9 O Jehovah,*1 in front of you is all my desire, And from you my sighing itself has not been concealed.

  1. One of 134 scribal changes from YHWH to ʼAdho·naiʹ. See App 1B.

10 My own heart has palpitated heavily, my power has left me, And the light of my own eyes also is not with me.

11 As for my lovers*1 and my companions, they keep standing away from my plague, And my close acquaintances themselves have stood off at a distance.

  1. Or, “friends.”

12 But those seeking my soul lay out traps, And those working for a calamity to me have spoken of adversities, And deceptions they keep muttering all day long.

13 As for me, like someone deaf, I would not listen; And like someone speechless, I would not open my mouth.

14 And I came to be like a man that was not hearing, And in my mouth there were no counterarguments.

15 For on you, O Jehovah, I waited; You yourself proceeded to answer, O Jehovah*1 my God.

  1. See vs 9 ftn.

16 For I said: “Otherwise they would rejoice at me; When my foot moved unsteadily, they would certainly assume great airs against me.”

17 For I was ready to limp, And my pain was in front of me constantly.

18 For I proceeded to tell about my own error; I began to be anxious over my sin.

19 And my enemies who are alive became mighty, And those hating me for no reason became many.

20 And they were rewarding me with bad for good; They kept resisting me*1 in return for my pursuing what is good.

  1. Or, “they were adversaries (satans) to me.” Heb., yis·tenuʹni.

21 Do not leave me, O Jehovah. O my God, do not keep far away from me.

22 Do make haste to my assistance, O Jehovah*1 my salvation.

  1. See vs 9 ftn.