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| The Book of Psalms. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
| Book I |
| XXXVIII |
| Prayer of a Suffering Penitent |
| A Psalm of David, to 1 bring to remembrance. |
| [1] | O JEHOVAH, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. |
| [2] | For thine arrows stick 2 fast in me, And thy hand presseth 3 me sore. |
| [3] | There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health 4 in my bones because of my sin. |
| [4] | For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. |
| [5] | My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness. |
| [6] | I am pained 5 and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. |
| [7] | For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh. |
| [8] | I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned 6 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 throbbeth, 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 plague; 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 meditate deceits all the day long. |
| [13] | But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. |
| [14] | Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs. 7 |
| [15] | For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God. |
| [16] | For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. |
| [17] | For I am ready to fall, 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 are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully 8 are multiplied. |
| [20] | They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good. |
| [21] | Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me. |
| [22] | Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. |
| Note 1. Or, to make memorial. [back] |
| Note 2. Heb. lighted on me. [back] |
| Note 3. Heb. lighted on me. [back] |
| Note 4. Or, rest. [back] |
| Note 5. Heb. bent. [back] |
| Note 6. Heb. roared. [back] |
| Note 7. Or, arguments. [back] |
| Note 8. Heb. falsely. [back] |
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