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Psalm 38 Unlocked Literal Bible
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Notes on this text (1)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
1 A psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger; do not punish me in your wrath.
1 Salmo de David, para recordar. JEHOVÁ, no me reprendas en tu furor, ni me castigues en tu ira.
2 For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down.
2 Porque tus saetas descendieron á mí, y sobre mí ha caído tu mano.
3 My whole body is sick because of your anger; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
3 No hay sanidad en mi carne á causa de tu ira; ni hay paz en mis huesos á causa de mi pecado.
4 For my iniquities overwhelm me; they are a burden too heavy for me.
4 Porque mis iniquidades han pasado mi cabeza: como carga pesada se han agravado sobre mí.
5 My wounds are infected and smell because of my foolish sins.
5 Pudriéronse, corrompiéronse mis llagas, á causa de mi locura.
6 I am stooped over and humiliated every day; I go about mourning all day long.
6 Estoy encorvado, estoy humillado en gran manera, ando enlutado todo el día.
7 For within me, I am filled with burning; there is no health in my flesh.
7 Porque mis lomos están llenos de irritación, y no hay sanidad en mi carne.
8 I am numb and utterly crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart.
8 Estoy debilitado y molido en gran manera; bramo á causa de la conmoción de mi corazón.
9 Lord, you understand my heart's deepest yearnings, and my groanings are not hidden from you.
9 Señor, delante de ti están todos mis deseos; y mi suspiro no te es oculto.
10 My heart pounds, my strength fades, and my eyesight dims.
10 Mi corazón está acongojado, hame dejado mi vigor; y aun la misma luz de mis ojos no está conmigo.
11 My friends and companions shun me because of my condition; my neighbors stand far off.
11 Mis amigos y mis compañeros se quitaron de delante de mi plaga; y mis cercanos se pusieron lejos.
12 Those who seek my life lay snares for me. They who seek my harm speak destructive words and say deceitful words 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.
13 But I, I am like a deaf man and hear nothing; I am like a mute man who says nothing.
13 Mas yo, como [si fuera] sordo, no oía; [y estaba] como un mudo, [que] no abre su boca.
14 I am like a man who does not hear and who has no reply.
14 Fuí pues como un hombre que no oye, y que en su boca no tiene reprensiones.
15 Surely I wait for you, Yahweh; you will answer, Lord my God.
15 Porque á ti, oh Jehová, esperé yo: tú responderás, Jehová Dios mío.
16 I say this so that my enemies will not gloat over me. If my foot slips, they will do terrible things to me.
16 Porque dije: Que no se alegren de mí: cuando mi pie resbalaba, sobre mí se engrandecían.
17 For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain.
17 Empero yo estoy á pique de claudicar, y mi dolor está delante de mí continuamente.
18 I confess my guilt; I am concerned about my sin.
18 Por tanto denunciaré mi maldad; congojaréme por mi pecado.
19 But my enemies are numerous; those who hate me wrongfully are many.
19 Porque mis enemigos están vivos [y] fuertes: y hanse aumentado los que me aborrecen sin causa:
20 They repay me evil for good; they hurl accusations at me although I have pursued what is good.
20 Y pagando mal por bien me son contrarios, por seguir yo lo bueno.
21 Do not abandon me, Yahweh; my God, do not stay far away from me.
21 No me desampares, oh Jehová: Dios mío, no te alejes de mí.
22 Come quickly to help me, Lord, my salvation.
22 Apresúrate á ayudarme, oh Señor, mi salud.
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).
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).
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)