Psalm 38Psalms38

King James VersionBerean Standard Bible

1. Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger

   (Psalm 6:1–10)

2. 1KJVA Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.BSBBSB: A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
3. 2KJVFor thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.BSBBSB: For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
4. 3KJVThere is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.BSBBSB: There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
5. 4KJVFor mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.BSBBSB: For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
6. 5KJVMy wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.BSBBSB: My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
7. 6KJVI am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.BSBBSB: I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
8. 7KJVFor my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.BSBBSB: For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
9. 8KJVI am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.BSBBSB: I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
10. 9KJVLord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.BSBBSB: O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
11. 10KJVMy heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.BSBBSB: My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
12. 11KJVMy lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.BSBBSB: My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
13. 12KJVThey 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.BSBBSB: Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
14. 13KJVBut I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.BSBBSB: But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
15. 14KJVThus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.BSBBSB: I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
16. 15KJVFor in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.BSBBSB: I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
17. 16KJVFor I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.BSBBSB: For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
18. 17KJVFor I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.BSBBSB: For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
19. 18KJVFor I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.BSBBSB: Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
20. 19KJVBut mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.BSBBSB: Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
21. 20KJVThey also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.BSBBSB: Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
22. 21KJVForsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.BSBBSB: Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
23. 22KJVMake haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.BSBBSB: Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.