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Psalm 38 God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)

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  • 2020
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
1 Oh Yavé, no me reprendas con tu indignación, Ni me castigues con tu ardiente 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 Porque tus flechas se clavaron en mí, Y tu mano descendió sobre mí.
2 For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
3 Nada íntegro hay en mi cuerpo a causa de tu indignación, Ni hay paz en mis huesos a 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 Porque mis iniquidades sobrepasan mi cabeza, Y como pesada carga se agravan sobre mí.
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
5 Mis heridas hieden y supuran por causa de mi locura.
5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 Estoy encorvado y abatido en gran manera. Todo el día ando ensombrecido
6 I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
7 Porque mis órganos internos están llenos de ardor, Y nada sano hay en mi cuerpo.
7 For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
8 Estoy debilitado y molido en extremo. Gimo a causa de la perturbación de mi corazón.
8 I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
9 ¡Oh ʼAdonay, ante Ti está todo mi deseo, Y mi suspiro no te es oculto!
9 Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
10 Mi corazón palpita, me falta el vigor, Y aun la luz de mis ojos me falta.
10 My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
11 Mis amigos y mis compañeros están lejos de mi herida. Mis allegados permanecen a distancia.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
12 Los que buscan mi vida Me arman trampas. Los que procuran ofenderme Me amenazan con destrucción y traman 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 Pero yo, como si fuera sordo no escucho, Y soy 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 Sí, soy como un hombre que no oye, Y en cuya boca no hay respuesta.
14 Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 Porque en Ti, oh Yavé, espero. Tú, ʼAdonay, mi ʼElohim, me responderás.
15 For I hope in you, Yahweh. You will answer, Lord my God.
16 Porque dije: No se alegren de mí. No se engrandezcan contra mí cuando mi pie resbale,
16 For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
17 Porque estoy a punto de caer Y mi dolor está continuamente ante mí.
17 For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
18 Por tanto, confieso mi iniquidad. Me contristé por mi pecado.
18 For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
19 Pero mis enemigos son vigorosos y fuertes, Y se aumentaron los que me aborrecen sin causa.
19 But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
20 Los que pagan mal por bien me son hostiles, Porque sigo lo bueno.
20 They who give evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
21 ¡No me desampares, oh Yavé, mi ʼElohim! ¡No te alejes de mí!
21 Don’t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be far from me.
22 ¡Apresúrate a socorrerme, oh ʼAdonay, salvación mía!
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. 1 Isaiah 54:8; Hebrews 12:5–11; Psalm 6:1; Psalm 70:1; Jeremiah 30:11
  2. 2 Job 6:4; Psalm 32:4; 1 Samuel 5:6; Deuteronomy 2:15; Lamentations 3:12
  3. 3 Psalm 6:2; Psalm 51:8; Psalm 31:9–10; Isaiah 1:5–6; Lamentations 3:40–42
  4. 4 Psalm 40:12; Ezra 9:6; Matthew 11:28; Lamentations 1:14; 1 Peter 2:24
  5. 5 Isaiah 1:5–6; Psalm 69:5; Jeremiah 8:22; Psalm 32:3; Psalm 38:7
  6. 6 Job 30:28; Psalm 35:14; Psalm 42:9; Psalm 31:10; Psalm 42:5
  7. 7 Psalm 102:3; 2 Chronicles 21:18–19; Acts 12:23; Psalm 41:8; Job 30:18
  8. 8 Job 3:24; Psalm 32:3; Job 30:28; Isaiah 59:11; Psalm 22:1–2
  9. 9 Psalm 10:17; Psalm 6:6; 2 Corinthians 5:2; Romans 8:26–27; John 1:48
  10. 10 Psalm 6:7; Psalm 88:9; Psalm 69:3; Psalm 119:123; Lamentations 5:16–17
  11. 11 Psalm 31:11; Luke 23:49; Job 19:13–17; John 16:32; Psalm 88:18
  12. 12 Psalm 35:20; 2 Samuel 17:1–3; Psalm 140:5; Psalm 54:3; Psalm 141:9
  13. 13 Isaiah 53:7; Psalm 39:9; Psalm 39:2; 1 Peter 2:23; 2 Samuel 16:10–12
  14. 14 Amos 5:13; John 8:6; Mark 15:3–5; Micah 7:5
  15. 15 Psalm 39:7; Psalm 17:6; Psalm 138:3; Psalm 123:1–3
  16. 16 Psalm 94:18; Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 35:24–26; Psalm 13:3–4
  17. 17 Psalm 35:15; Psalm 6:6; Psalm 38:6; Micah 4:6–7; Psalm 77:2–3
  18. 18 Psalm 32:5; Proverbs 28:13; Job 33:27; Psalm 51:3; 2 Corinthians 7:7–11
  19. 19 John 15:18–25; Psalm 35:19; Matthew 10:22; Psalm 69:4; Psalm 56:1–2
  20. 20 Psalm 35:12; Jeremiah 18:20; 1 John 3:12; John 10:32; 1 Peter 4:14–16
  21. 21 Psalm 22:19; Psalm 22:24; Psalm 22:11; Psalm 35:21–22; Psalm 22:1
  22. 22 Psalm 40:13; Psalm 27:1; Isaiah 12:2; Psalm 141:1; Psalm 71:12

Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences

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).

How these were chosen

“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).

  1. Commentary Augustine of Hippo, Expositions on the Psalms (Psalm XXXVII)

    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)

  2. Quotes verse 38:14 Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures (Lecture XIII)

    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)