Psalm 38 Free Bible Version
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · About the recordings
Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 A psalm of David, for a memorial. Lord, please don't condemn me because you're angry with me; don't punish me because you're furious with me!
1 Salmo de David, para recordar. JEHOVÁ, no me reprendas en tu furor, ni me castigues en tu ira.
1 A Psalm by David, for a memorial. Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
2 Your arrows have pierced me deeply, your hand has come down hard on me.
2 Porque tus saetas descendieron á mí, y sobre mí ha caído tu mano.
2 For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
3 Because you're so upset with me, not a single part of my body is healthy; I am completely sick because of my sins.
3 No hay sanidad en mi carne á causa de tu ira; ni hay paz en mis huesos á causa de mi pecado.
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 I'm drowning in guilt—the burden is too heavy to bear.
4 Porque mis iniquidades han pasado mi cabeza: como carga pesada se han agravado sobre mí.
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds are infected—they're smelling—all because of my stupidity.
5 Pudriéronse, corrompiéronse mis llagas, á causa de mi locura.
5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am bent over, doubled up in pain. The whole day I walk around crying my eyes out.
6 Estoy encorvado, estoy humillado en gran manera, ando enlutado todo el día.
6 I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
7 Inside I'm burning up with fever; no part of my body is healthy.
7 Porque mis lomos están llenos de irritación, y no hay sanidad en mi carne.
7 For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I'm worn out, totally down. I groan because of the anguish I feel in my heart.
8 Estoy debilitado y molido en gran manera; bramo á causa de la conmoción de mi corazón.
8 I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
9 Lord, you know what I desperately want, you hear every sigh I make.
9 Señor, delante de ti están todos mis deseos; y mi suspiro no te es oculto.
9 Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
10 My heart is racing, leaving me with no strength; my eyesight is failing.
10 Mi corazón está acongojado, hame dejado mi vigor; y aun la misma luz de mis ojos no está conmigo.
10 My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
11 My loved ones and my friends don't come near me because they're afraid of what I've got. Even my family keeps me at a distance.
11 Mis amigos y mis compañeros se quitaron de delante de mi plaga; y mis cercanos se pusieron lejos.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
12 Those who are trying to kill me set traps for me; those who want to hurt me make threats against me, working on their deceitful schemes all day long.
12 Y los que buscaban mi alma armaron lazos; y los que procuraban mi mal hablaban iniquidades, y meditaban fraudes todo el día.
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 I act as if I'm deaf to what they're saying, and pretend to be dumb so I don't have to speak.
13 Mas yo, como [si fuera] sordo, no oía; [y estaba] como un mudo, [que] no abre su boca.
13 But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.
14 Like a man who can't hear, and who doesn't reply—that's me!
14 Fuí pues como un hombre que no oye, y que en su boca no tiene reprensiones.
14 Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For I'm waiting on you, Lord! You will answer for me, my Lord and my God.
15 Porque á ti, oh Jehová, esperé yo: tú responderás, Jehová Dios mío.
15 For I hope in you, Yahweh. You will answer, Lord my God.
16 I'm asking you, Lord, please don't let my enemies gloat over me, don't let them be glad when I trip up.
16 Porque dije: Que no se alegren de mí: cuando mi pie resbalaba, sobre mí se engrandecían.
16 For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
17 For I'm about ready to collapse—the pain never stops.
17 Empero yo estoy á pique de claudicar, y mi dolor está delante de mí continuamente.
17 For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
18 I do confess my sins; I am terribly sorry for what I've done.
18 Por tanto denunciaré mi maldad; congojaréme por mi pecado.
18 For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
19 I have many powerful enemies—they are very active, hating me for no reason.
19 Porque mis enemigos están vivos [y] fuertes: y hanse aumentado los que me aborrecen sin causa:
19 But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
20 They pay me back evil for good; they accuse me for the good I try to do.
20 Y pagando mal por bien me son contrarios, por seguir yo lo bueno.
20 They who give evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
21 Don't give up on me, my Lord and my God, don't stay away from me.
21 No me desampares, oh Jehová: Dios mío, no te alejes de mí.
21 Don’t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be far from me.
22 Hurry, come and help me, Lord my salvation.
22 Apresúrate á ayudarme, oh Señor, mi salud.
22 Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 54:8; Hebrews 12:5–11; Psalm 6:1; Psalm 70:1; Jeremiah 30:11
- 2 Job 6:4; Psalm 32:4; 1 Samuel 5:6; Deuteronomy 2:15; Lamentations 3:12
- 3 Psalm 6:2; Psalm 51:8; Psalm 31:9–10; Isaiah 1:5–6; Lamentations 3:40–42
- 4 Psalm 40:12; Ezra 9:6; Matthew 11:28; Lamentations 1:14; 1 Peter 2:24
- 5 Isaiah 1:5–6; Psalm 69:5; Jeremiah 8:22; Psalm 32:3; Psalm 38:7
- 6 Job 30:28; Psalm 35:14; Psalm 42:9; Psalm 31:10; Psalm 42:5
- 7 Psalm 102:3; 2 Chronicles 21:18–19; Acts 12:23; Psalm 41:8; Job 30:18
- 8 Job 3:24; Psalm 32:3; Job 30:28; Isaiah 59:11; Psalm 22:1–2
- 9 Psalm 10:17; Psalm 6:6; 2 Corinthians 5:2; Romans 8:26–27; John 1:48
- 10 Psalm 6:7; Psalm 88:9; Psalm 69:3; Psalm 119:123; Lamentations 5:16–17
- 11 Psalm 31:11; Luke 23:49; Job 19:13–17; John 16:32; Psalm 88:18
- 12 Psalm 35:20; 2 Samuel 17:1–3; Psalm 140:5; Psalm 54:3; Psalm 141:9
- 13 Isaiah 53:7; Psalm 39:9; Psalm 39:2; 1 Peter 2:23; 2 Samuel 16:10–12
- 14 Amos 5:13; John 8:6; Mark 15:3–5; Micah 7:5
- 15 Psalm 39:7; Psalm 17:6; Psalm 138:3; Psalm 123:1–3
- 16 Psalm 94:18; Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 35:24–26; Psalm 13:3–4
- 17 Psalm 35:15; Psalm 6:6; Psalm 38:6; Micah 4:6–7; Psalm 77:2–3
- 18 Psalm 32:5; Proverbs 28:13; Job 33:27; Psalm 51:3; 2 Corinthians 7:7–11
- 19 John 15:18–25; Psalm 35:19; Matthew 10:22; Psalm 69:4; Psalm 56:1–2
- 20 Psalm 35:12; Jeremiah 18:20; 1 John 3:12; John 10:32; 1 Peter 4:14–16
- 21 Psalm 22:19; Psalm 22:24; Psalm 22:11; Psalm 35:21–22; Psalm 22:1
- 22 Psalm 40:13; Psalm 27:1; Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 141:1; Psalm 71:12
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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
With terror do they hear of the coming of the last day, who will not be secure by living well: and who fain would live ill, long.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 8 (1888)
The Psalmist says, And I became as a man that heareth not; and in whose mouth are no reproofs; and again, But I was as a deaf man and heard not; and as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 2, vol. 7 (1894)