Psalms 38
Bible in Basic English (BBE)
1 Ref <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.
2 Ref For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.
3 Ref My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
4 Ref For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.
5 Ref My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.
6 Ref I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.
7 Ref For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.
8 Ref I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.
9 Ref Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you.
10 Ref My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.
11 Ref My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.
12 Ref 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.
13 Ref But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.
14 Ref So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.
15 Ref In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.
16 Ref I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.
17 Ref My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.
18 Ref I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.
19 Ref But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.
20 Ref They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.
American Standard-ASV1901 (ASV)
1 Ref O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 Ref For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
3 Ref There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
4 Ref For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 Ref My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.
6 Ref I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 Ref For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 Ref I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 Ref Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 Ref My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 Ref My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 Ref 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 Ref But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14 Ref Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 Ref For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
16 Ref For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17 Ref For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
18 Ref For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 Ref But mine enemies are lively, `and' are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 Ref They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
21 Ref Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Ref Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. Psalm 39 For the Chief Musician, Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.
