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Psalms 37
Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible
A Psalm of David for remembrance concerning the Sabbath-day.
Of David (note: This psalm is an acrostic poem, each stanza beginning with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.). Do not fret over those who do evil; do not envy those who do wrong.
O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thine anger.
38:1
A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
For thy weapons are fixed in me, and thou hast pressed thy hand heavily upon me.
38:2
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
For there is no health in my flesh because of thine anger; there is no peace to my bones because of my sins.
38:3
There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
For my transgressions have gone over mine head: they have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden.
38:4
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, because of my foolishness.
38:5
My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a mourning countenance all the day.
38:6
I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
For my soul is filled with mockings; and there is no health in my flesh.
38:7
For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly: I have roared for the groaning of my heart.
38:8
I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
But all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hidden from thee.
38:9
O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me; and the light of mine eyes is not with me.
38:10
My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
My friends and my neighbours drew near before me, and stood still; and my nearest of kin stood afar off.
38:11
My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day.
38:12
Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and was as a dumb man not opening his mouth.
38:13
But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
And I was as a man that hears not, and who has no reproofs in his mouth.
38:14
I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
For I hoped in thee, O Lord: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
38:15
I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me: for when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me.
38:16
For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
For I am ready for plagues, and my grief is continually before me.
38:17
For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
For I will declare mine iniquity, and be distressed for my sin.
38:18
Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
But mine enemies live, and are mightier than I: and they that hate me unjustly are multiplied.
38:19
Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason (note: See John 15:25).
They that reward evil for good slandered me; because I followed righteousness.
38:20
Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
Forsake me not, O Lord my God: depart not from me.
38:21
Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
Draw nigh to my help, O Lord of my salvation.
38:22
Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.