Psalms 38
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God's wrath at sin | ||
| «A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory.» O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion. | A Psalm by David, for a memorial. Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. | |
Verse 1 WEB A Psalm by David, for a memorial. Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. KJV A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. TSK to bring: ps 70:1; rebuke: ps 6:1, ps 88:7,15,16, isa 27:8, isa 54:8, jer 10:24, jer 30:11, hab 3:2, heb 12:5-11; hot: de 9:19 |
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| For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand. | For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me. | |
Verse 2 WEB For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me. KJV For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. TSK thine: ps 21:12, ps 64:7, job 6:4, la 3:12; thy hand: ps 32:4, ps 39:10,11, de 2:15, ru 1:13, 1sa 5:6,11, 1sa 6:9 |
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| My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin. | There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. | |
Verse 3 WEB There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. KJV There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. TSK soundness: ps 31:9, 2ch 26:19, job 2:7,8, job 33:19-22, isa 1:5,6; neither: ps 6:2, ps 51:8, ps 102:3,5; because: ps 51:8, ps 90:7,8, la 3:40-42 |
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| For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength. | For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. | |
Verse 4 WEB For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. KJV For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. TSK mine: ps 40:12, ezr 9:6; as an: le 7:18, isa 53:11, la 1:14, mt 11:28, 1pe 2:24 |
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| My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour. | My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness. | |
Verse 5 WEB My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, because of my foolishness. KJV My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. |
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| I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day. | I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long. | |
Verse 6 WEB I am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long. KJV I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. TSK bowed: ps 35:14, ps 42:5, ps 57:6, ps 145:14; mourning: ps 6:6, ps 31:10, ps 42:9, ps 43:2, ps 88:9, job 30:28, isa 38:14 |
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| For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy. | For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh. | |
Verse 7 WEB For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh. KJV For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. TSK my loins: ps 41:8, 2ch 21:18,19, job 7:5, job 30:18, ac 12:23 |
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| I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart. | I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart. | |
Verse 8 WEB I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart. KJV I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. TSK roared: ps 22:1,2, ps 32:3, job 3:24, job 30:28, isa 59:11 |
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| Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you. | Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you. | |
Verse 9 WEB Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you. KJV Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. TSK groaning: ps 102:5,20, joh 1:48, ro 8:22,23,26,27, 2co 5:2 |
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| My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me. | My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me. | |
Verse 10 WEB My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me. KJV My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. TSK heart: ps 42:1, ps 119:81-83, ps 143:4-7, isa 21:4; the light: ps 6:7, ps 69:3, ps 88:9, ps 119:123, 1sa 14:27-29, la 2:11, la 5:16,17 |
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| My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away. | My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away. | |
Verse 11 WEB My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away. KJV My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. TSK lovers: ps 31:11, job 6:21-23, job 19:13-17, mt 26:56, joh 16:32; stand: lu 10:31,32; sore: lu 22:54, lu 23:49 |
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The writer's troubles and pain and prayers | ||
| Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit. | They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long. | |
Verse 12 WEB They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long. KJV They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. TSK lay snares: ps 10:9, ps 64:2-5, ps 119:110, ps 140:5, ps 141:9, 2sa 17:1-3, lu 20:19,20; speak: ps 35:20, ps 62:3,4, 2sa 16:7,8, lu 20:21,22 |
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| But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth. | But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth. | |
Verse 13 WEB But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth. KJV But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. TSK But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.: ps 39:2,9, 2sa 16:10-12, isa 53:7, 1pe 2:23 |
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| So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words. | Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs. | |
Verse 14 WEB Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs. KJV Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. |
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| In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God. | For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God. | |
Verse 15 WEB For in you, Yahweh, do I hope. You will answer, Lord my God. KJV For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. TSK do: ps 39:7, ps 123:1-3; hear: ps 138:3 |
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| I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me. | For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.” | |
Verse 16 WEB For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.” KJV For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. TSK For I said: ps 13:3,4, ps 35:24-26; foot: ps 94:18, de 32:35; magnify: ps 35:26 |
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| My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me. | For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me. | |
Verse 17 WEB For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me. KJV For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. TSK to halt: ps 35:15, mic 4:6,7; sorrow: ps 38:6, ps 6:6, ps 77:2,3, isa 53:3-5 |
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| I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin. | For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin. | |
Verse 18 WEB For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin. KJV For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. TSK For: ps 32:5, ps 51:3, job 31:33, job 33:27, pr 28:13; sorry: 2co 7:7-11 |
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| But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers. | But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous. | |
Verse 19 WEB But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous. KJV But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. TSK But: ps 3:1, ps 25:19, ps 56:1,2, ps 59:1-3; they that: ps 35:19, ps 69:4, mt 10:22, joh 15:18-25, ac 4:25-28 |
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| They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right. | They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good. | |
Verse 20 WEB They who also render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow what is good. KJV They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. TSK render: ps 7:4, ps 35:12, ps 109:3-5, 1sa 19:4-6, 1sa 23:5,12, 1sa 25:16,21, jer 18:20; because: mt 5:10, joh 10:32, 1pe 3:13,17,18, 1pe 4:14-16, 1jo 3:12 |
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| Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me. | Don’t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be far from me. | |
Verse 21 WEB Don’t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be far from me. KJV Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. TSK O my God: ps 22:1,11,19,24, ps 35:21,22 |
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| Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation. | Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation. | |
Verse 22 WEB Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation. KJV Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. TSK Make: ps 40:13,17, ps 70:1,5, ps 71:12, ps 141:1; O Lord: ps 27:1, ps 62:2,6, isa 12:2 |
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