PsaSl PsalmsSalmos, psalmsalmo Book of PsalmsLivro dos Salmos, psalmsalmo 38

(Mizmor Dovid. For the memorial portion of the mincha)

Hashem, rebuke me not in Thy wrath;

neither chasten me in Thy hot displeasure.

For Thine khitzim (arrows) pierce me,

and Thy Yad presseth upon me.

There is no health in my basar

because of Thine anger;

neither is there any shalom in my atzmot

because of my chattat.

For mine avonot (iniquities) are gone over mine head;

as a weighty massa (burden) they are too heavy for me.

My chaburot (wounds) are foul and festering

because of my wicked folly.

I am bent down;

I am brought low ad me'od; I go about mourning all day long.

For my loins are filled with burning;

and there is no health in my basar.

I am feeble and broken ad me'od;

I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my lev.

Adonoi, all my ta'avah (desire, longing) is before Thee;

and my groaning is not hid from Thee.

My lev panteth,

my ko'ach faileth me;

as for the ohr of mine eyes,

it also is gone from me.

My loved ones and my re'a

stand aloof from my nega;

and my neighbors stand afar off.

They also that seek after my nefesh lay snares for me;

and they that seek my hurt speak of ruin,

and plot mirmot (deceptions, deceits) all the day long.

But I, like a cheresh (deaf man), heard not;

and I was like a mute that openeth not his mouth.

Thus I was like an ish that heareth not,

and in whose mouth are no tokhachot (reproofs).

For I wait for Thee, Hashem;

Thou wilt hear, Adonoi Elohai.

For I said,

Hear me, lest otherwise they should gloat over me;

when my regel slippeth,

they magnify themselves against me.

For I am ready to fall,

and my sorrow is before me tamid.

For I will declare mine avon;

I will be in anguish over my chattat.

But mine oveyim are chayyim (vigorous), and they are strong;

and they that hate me sheker (wrongfully) are multiplied.

They also that repay ra'ah for tovah are mine adversaries;

because I pursue the thing that is tov.

Forsake me not, Hashem Elohai;

be not far from me.

Make haste to help me,

Adonoi Teshuati (L-rd of my salvation).