Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger (Psalm 38:1–22)
1 DRA Unto the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for the octave. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me in thy wrath. BSB BSB: For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
2 DRA Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled. BSB BSB: Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
3 DRA And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou, O Lord, how long? BSB BSB: My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
4 DRA Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercy’s sake. BSB BSB: Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
5 DRA For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and who shall confess to thee in hell? BSB BSB: For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
6 DRA I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash my bed: I will water my couch with my tears. BSB BSB: I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
7 DRA My eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old amongst all my enemies. BSB BSB: My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
8 DRA Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity: for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. BSB BSB: Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
9 DRA The Lord hath heard my supplication: the Lord hath received my prayer. BSB BSB: The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
10 DRA Let all my enemies be ashamed, and be very much troubled: let them be turned back, and be ashamed very speedily. The psalm of David which he sung to the Lord for the words of Chusi the son of Jemini. BSB BSB: All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
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