1Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.2Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me.3Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.4My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear.5My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly.6I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning.7My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body.8I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.9All my longings lie open before you, Lord: my sighing is not hidden from you.10My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes.11My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbours stay far away.12Those who want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie.13I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak;14I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply.15Lord, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God.16For I said, ‘Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.’17For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me.18I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.19Many have become my enemies without cause[1]; those who hate me without reason are numerous.20Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good.21Lord, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God.22Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Saviour.
Psalm 38
King James Version
1A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease : and there is no soundness in my flesh.8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.12They 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.13But I, as a deaf man , heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.15For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.16For I said, Hear me , lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is .21Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.22Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
1Ein Psalm. Von David. Zum Gedächtnis[1].2HERR, strafe mich nicht in deinem Zorn, und züchtige mich nicht in deinem Grimm! (Ps 6:2)3Denn deine Pfeile sind in mich eingedrungen, und deine Hand hat sich auf mich herabgesenkt[2]. (Job 6:4; Ps 32:4)4Keine heile Stelle ist an meinem Fleisch wegen deiner Verwünschung, nichts Heiles an meinen Gebeinen wegen meiner Verfehlung.5Denn meine Sünden wachsen mir über den Kopf, wie eine schwere Last sind sie zu schwer für mich. (Ezr 9:6; Ps 40:13; Ps 65:4; Mt 11:28)6Es stinken, es eitern meine Wunden wegen meiner Torheit. (Ps 107:17)7Ich bin gekrümmt, sehr gebeugt; den ganzen Tag gehe ich trauernd einher.8Denn voll Brand sind meine Lenden, und keine heile Stelle ist an meinem Fleisch.9Ich bin ermattet und ganz zerschlagen, ich schreie aus dem Stöhnen meines Herzens.10Herr, vor dir ist all mein Begehren, und mein Seufzen ist nicht vor dir verborgen. (Lu 8:47)11Mein Herz pocht, verlassen hat mich meine Kraft; und das Licht meiner Augen, auch das habe ich nicht ⟨mehr⟩[3]. (Ps 22:16)12Meine Lieben und meine Gefährten stehen fernab von meiner Plage, und meine Verwandten stehen von ferne. (Job 19:13; Ps 31:12; Ps 69:9; Ps 88:9; Mt 27:55)13Die nach meinem Leben trachten, legen Schlingen; und die mein Unglück suchen, reden von Verderben und sinnen auf Betrug[4] den ganzen Tag. (Ps 119:110)14Ich aber bin wie ein Tauber, höre nicht, und wie ein Stummer, der seinen Mund nicht aufmacht. (Isa 53:7; Mt 26:63)15Ja, ich bin wie ein Mann, der nicht hört, und in dessen Mund keine Entgegnungen[5] sind. (Isa 53:7; Mt 26:63)16Denn auf dich, HERR, harre ich; du, du wirst antworten, Herr, mein Gott.17Denn ich sprach: »Dass sie sich nicht über mich freuen, beim Wanken meines Fußes großtun gegen mich!« (Ps 13:5; Ps 35:19)18Denn ich bin nahe am Straucheln, und mein Schmerz steht mir ständig vor Augen.19Denn ich bekenne meine Schuld; ich bin bekümmert wegen meiner Verfehlung. (Ps 32:5)20[6] Meine lebendigen Feinde[7] sind stark, und zahlreich sind, die ohne Grund mich hassen; (Ps 35:19; Ps 142:7)21ja, sie vergelten Gutes mit Bösem, sie feinden mich an, weil ich dem Guten nachjage. (Ps 35:12)22Verlass mich nicht, HERR; mein Gott, sei nicht fern von mir! (Ps 22:12)23Eile zu meiner Hilfe, Herr, meine Rettung! (Ps 22:20; Ps 40:18)