Previous Next
PrintPrintSettingsSettingsParallelParallel

Psalm 38  Legacy Standard Bible

Do Not Forsake Me, O Yahweh

A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance.

38 O Yahweh, (A)reprove me not in Your wrath,
And discipline me not in Your burning anger.
2 For Your (B)arrows have pressed deep into me,
And (C)Your hand has pressed down upon me.
3 There is (D)no soundness in my flesh (E)because of Your indignation;
There is no health (F)in my bones because of my sin.
4 For my (G)iniquities go over my head;
As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
5 My [a]wounds stink and rot
Because of (H)my [b]folly.
6 I am bent over and (I)greatly bowed down;
I (J)go mourning all day long.
7 For my loins are filled with (K)burning,
And there is (L)no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am (M)faint and [c]badly crushed;
I [d](N)groan because of the [e]agitation of my heart.

9 Lord, all (O)my desire is [f]before You;
And my (P)sighing is not hidden from You.
10 My heart throbs, (Q)my strength forsakes me;
And the (R)light of my eyes, even [g]that [h]has gone from me.
11 My [i](S)loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen (T)stand afar off.
12 Those who (U)search for my life (V)lay snares for me;
And those who (W)seek [j]to do me evil have [k]threatened destruction,
And they (X)meditate on deception all day long.

13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
And I am like a (Y)mute man who does not open his mouth.
14 And I am like a man who does not hear,
And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For (Z)I [l]wait on You, O Yahweh;
You (AA)will answer, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Save, lest they be glad over me,
Who, when my foot stumbles, (AB)magnify themselves against me.”
17 For I am (AC)ready to fall,
And (AD)my [m]sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I [n](AE)confess my iniquity;
I am full of (AF)anxiety because of my sin.
19 But my (AG)enemies are vigorous and [o]strong,
And those who wrongfully (AH)hate me abound.
20 And those who (AI)repay evil for good,
They (AJ)accuse me, for I pursue what is good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Yahweh;
O my God, (AK)do not be far from me!
22 Make (AL)haste to help me,
O Lord, (AM)my salvation!

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 38:5 Or stripes
  2. Psalm 38:5 A lack of wisdom due to negligence or carelessness; the activity of an ignorant fool
  3. Psalm 38:8 Or greatly
  4. Psalm 38:8 Lit roar
  5. Psalm 38:8 Lit growling
  6. Psalm 38:9 Or known to You
  7. Psalm 38:10 Lit they have
  8. Psalm 38:10 Lit is not with me
  9. Psalm 38:11 Or lovers
  10. Psalm 38:12 Or my calamity
  11. Psalm 38:12 Lit spoken
  12. Psalm 38:15 Or hope for
  13. Psalm 38:17 Lit pain
  14. Psalm 38:18 Or declare
  15. Psalm 38:19 Or numerous

Cross references

  1. Psalm 38:1 : Ps 6:1
  2. Psalm 38:2 : Job 6:4
  3. Psalm 38:2 : Ps 32:4
  4. Psalm 38:3 : Is 1:6
  5. Psalm 38:3 : Ps 102:10
  6. Psalm 38:3 : Job 33:19; Ps 6:2; 31:10
  7. Psalm 38:4 : Ezra 9:6; Ps 40:12
  8. Psalm 38:5 : Ps 69:5
  9. Psalm 38:6 : Ps 35:14
  10. Psalm 38:6 : Job 30:28; Ps 42:9; 43:2
  11. Psalm 38:7 : Ps 102:3
  12. Psalm 38:7 : Ps 38:3
  13. Psalm 38:8 : Lam 1:13, 20f; 2:11; 5:17
  14. Psalm 38:8 : Job 3:24; Ps 22:1; 32:3
  15. Psalm 38:9 : Ps 10:17
  16. Psalm 38:9 : Ps 6:6; 102:5
  17. Psalm 38:10 : Ps 31:10
  18. Psalm 38:10 : Ps 6:7; 69:3; 88:9
  19. Psalm 38:11 : Ps 31:11; 88:18
  20. Psalm 38:11 : Luke 23:49
  21. Psalm 38:12 : Ps 54:3
  22. Psalm 38:12 : Ps 140:5
  23. Psalm 38:12 : Ps 35:4
  24. Psalm 38:12 : Ps 35:20
  25. Psalm 38:13 : Ps 39:2, 9
  26. Psalm 38:15 : Ps 39:7
  27. Psalm 38:15 : Ps 17:6
  28. Psalm 38:16 : Ps 35:26
  29. Psalm 38:17 : Ps 35:15
  30. Psalm 38:17 : Ps 13:2
  31. Psalm 38:18 : Ps 32:5
  32. Psalm 38:18 : 2 Cor 7:9, 10
  33. Psalm 38:19 : Ps 18:17
  34. Psalm 38:19 : Ps 35:19
  35. Psalm 38:20 : Ps 35:12
  36. Psalm 38:20 : Ps 109:5; 1 John 3:12
  37. Psalm 38:21 : Ps 22:19; 35:22
  38. Psalm 38:22 : Ps 40:13, 17
  39. Psalm 38:22 : Ps 27:1
Next
Psalm 37
Psalm 39
Next
dropdown
Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved. Managed in partnership with Three Sixteen Publishing Inc. LSBible.org For Permission to Quote Information visit https://www.LSBible.org.