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World English Bible

Psalm 38 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
[2] For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
[3] There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
[4] For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
[5] My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.
[6] I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
[7] For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
[8] I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
[9] Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
[10] My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
[11] My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
[12] They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
[13] But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.
[14] Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
[15] For I hope in you, Yahweh. You will answer, Lord my God.
[16] For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
[17] For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
[18] For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
[19] But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
[20] They who give evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
[21] Don’t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be far from me.
[22] Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Psalm 38 (KJVS)

[1] O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
[2] For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.
[3] There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; Neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
[4] For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: As an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
[5] My wounds stink and are corrupt Because of my foolishness.
[6] I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
[7] For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: And there is no soundness in my flesh.
[8] I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
[9] Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.
[10] My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
[11] My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
[12] 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.
[13] But I, as a deaf man, heard not; And I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
[14] Thus I was as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
[15] For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
[16] For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
[17] For I am ready to halt, And my sorrow is continually before me.
[18] For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
[19] But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
[20] They also that render evil for good Are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
[21] Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.
[22] Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

Psalm 38:3 Heb. peace, or health
Psalm 38:6 Heb. worried
Psalm 38:10 Heb. is not with me
Psalm 38:11a Heb. stroke
Psalm 38:11b Or, my neighbors
Psalm 38:15a Or, thee do I wait for
Psalm 38:15b Or, answer
Psalm 38:17 Heb. for halting
Psalm 38:19 Heb. being living, are strong

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Psalm 38 (BYZ)

[1] Ψαλμὸς () τῷ () Δαυιδ· () εἰς () ἀνάμνησιν () περὶ () σαββάτου. () Κύριε, () μὴ () τῷ () θυμῷ () σου () ἐλέγξῃς () με () μηδὲ () τῇ () ὀργῇ () σου () παιδεύσῃς () με. ()
[2] Ὅτι () τὰ () βέλη () σου () ἐνεπάγησάν μοι, () καὶ () ἐπεστήρισας () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () τὴν () χεῖρά () σου· ()
[3] οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἴασις () ἐν () τῇ () σαρκί () μου () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τῆς () ὀργῆς () σου, () οὐκ () ἔστιν () εἰρήνη () τοῖς () ὀστέοις () μου () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τῶν () ἁμαρτιῶν () μου. ()
[4] Ὅτι () αἱ () ἀνομίαι () μου () ὑπερῆραν () τὴν () κεφαλήν () μου, () ὡσεὶ () φορτίον () βαρὺ () ἐβαρύνθησαν () ἐπ’ () ἐμέ. ()
[5] Προσώζεσαν καὶ () ἐσάπησαν () οἱ () μώλωπές () μου () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () τῆς () ἀφροσύνης () μου· ()
[6] ἐταλαιπώρησα () καὶ () κατεκάμφθην ἕως () τέλους, () ὅλην () τὴν () ἡμέραν () σκυθρωπάζων ἐπορευόμην. ()
[7] Ὅτι () αἱ () ψύαι μου () ἐπλήσθησαν () ἐμπαιγμῶν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἴασις () ἐν () τῇ () σαρκί () μου· ()
[8] ἐκακώθην () καὶ () ἐταπεινώθην () ἕως () σφόδρα, () ὠρυόμην () ἀπὸ () στεναγμοῦ () τῆς () καρδίας () μου. ()
[9] Κύριε, () ἐναντίον () σου () πᾶσα () ἡ () ἐπιθυμία () μου, () καὶ () ὁ () στεναγμός () μου () ἀπὸ () σοῦ () οὐκ () ἐκρύβη. ()
[10] Ἡ () καρδία () μου () ἐταράχθη, () ἐγκατέλιπέν () με () ἡ () ἰσχύς () μου, () καὶ () τὸ () φῶς () τῶν () ὀφθαλμῶν () μου () καὶ () αὐτὸ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ. ()
[11] Οἱ () φίλοι () μου () καὶ () οἱ () πλησίον () μου () ἐξ () ἐναντίας () μου () ἤγγισαν () καὶ () ἔστησαν, () καὶ () οἱ () ἔγγιστά μου () ἀπὸ () μακρόθεν () ἔστησαν· ()
[12] καὶ () ἐξεβιάσαντο οἱ () ζητοῦντες () τὴν () ψυχήν () μου, () καὶ () οἱ () ζητοῦντες () τὰ () κακά () μοι () ἐλάλησαν () ματαιότητας () καὶ () δολιότητας ὅλην () τὴν () ἡμέραν () ἐμελέτησαν. ()
[13] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () ὡσεὶ () κωφὸς () οὐκ () ἤκουον () καὶ () ὡσεὶ () ἄλαλος () οὐκ () ἀνοίγων () τὸ () στόμα () αὐτοῦ ()
[14] καὶ () ἐγενόμην () ὡσεὶ () ἄνθρωπος () οὐκ () ἀκούων () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔχων () ἐν () τῷ () στόματι () αὐτοῦ () ἐλεγμούς.
[15] Ὅτι () ἐπὶ () σοί, () κύριε, () ἤλπισα· () σὺ () εἰσακούσῃ, () κύριε () ὁ () θεός () μου. ()
[16] Ὅτι () εἶπα () Μήποτε () ἐπιχαρῶσίν μοι () οἱ () ἐχθροί () μου· () καὶ () ἐν () τῷ () σαλευθῆναι () πόδας () μου () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () ἐμεγαλορρημόνησαν.
[17] Ὅτι () ἐγὼ () εἰς () μάστιγας () ἕτοιμος, () καὶ () ἡ () ἀλγηδών μου () ἐνώπιόν () μου () διὰ () παντός. ()
[18] Ὅτι () τὴν () ἀνομίαν () μου () ἐγὼ () ἀναγγελῶ () καὶ () μεριμνήσω () ὑπὲρ () τῆς () ἁμαρτίας () μου. ()
[19] Οἱ () δὲ () ἐχθροί () μου () ζῶσιν () καὶ () κεκραταίωνται () ὑπὲρ () ἐμέ, () καὶ () ἐπληθύνθησαν () οἱ () μισοῦντές () με () ἀδίκως· ()
[20] οἱ () ἀνταποδιδόντες () κακὰ () ἀντὶ () ἀγαθῶν () ἐνδιέβαλλόν με, () ἐπεὶ () κατεδίωκον () δικαιοσύνην, () [καὶ () ἀπέρριψάν () με () τὸν () ἀγαπητὸν () ὡσεὶ () νεκρὸν () ἐβδελυγμένον.] ()
[21] μὴ () ἐγκαταλίπῃς () με, () κύριε· () ὁ () θεός () μου, () μὴ () ἀποστῇς () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ· ()
[22] πρόσχες () εἰς () τὴν () βοήθειάν () μου, () κύριε () τῆς () σωτηρίας () μου. ()

Psalm 38:1 Originally verses 37:1–2.
Psalm 38:2 Originally verse 37:3.
Psalm 38:3 Originally verse 37:4.
Psalm 38:4 Originally verse 37:5.
Psalm 38:5 Originally verse 37:6.
Psalm 38:6 Originally verse 37:7.
Psalm 38:7 Originally verse 37:8.
Psalm 38:8 Originally verse 37:9.
Psalm 38:9 Originally verse 37:10.
Psalm 38:10 Originally verse 37:11.
Psalm 38:11 Originally verse 37:12.
Psalm 38:12 Originally verse 37:13.
Psalm 38:13 Originally verse 37:14.
Psalm 38:14 Originally verse 37:15.
Psalm 38:15 Originally verse 37:16.
Psalm 38:16 Originally verse 37:17.
Psalm 38:17 Originally verse 37:18.
Psalm 38:18 Originally verse 37:19.
Psalm 38:19 Originally verse 37:20.
Psalm 38:20 Originally verse 37:21.
Psalm 38:21 Originally verse 37:22.
Psalm 38:22 Originally verse 37:23.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.