Psalm 37 (38) Clementine Vulgate
Audio: World English Bible (WEB), read by Winfred W. Henson · Psalm 38 · About the recordings
Notes on this text (2)
- Greek and Latin Bibles number most Psalms one lower than Hebrew and English Bibles.
- Psalms follow the Greek/Latin numbering.
Psalm 37 in VUL = Psalm 38 in RV1909, WEB.
2 [Domine, ne in furore tuo arguas me, neque in ira tua corripias me:
38:1 Salmo de David, para recordar. JEHOVÁ, no me reprendas en tu furor, ni me castigues en tu ira.
38:1 A Psalm by David, for a memorial. Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
3 quoniam sagittæ tuæ infixæ sunt mihi, et confirmasti super me manum tuam.
38:2 Porque tus saetas descendieron á mí, y sobre mí ha caído tu mano.
38:2 For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
4 Non est sanitas in carne mea, a facie iræ tuæ; non est pax ossibus meis, a facie peccatorum meorum:
38:3 No hay sanidad en mi carne á causa de tu ira; ni hay paz en mis huesos á causa de mi pecado.
38:3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
5 quoniam iniquitates meæ supergressæ sunt caput meum, et sicut onus grave gravatæ sunt super me.
38:4 Porque mis iniquidades han pasado mi cabeza: como carga pesada se han agravado sobre mí.
38:4 For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
6 Putruerunt et corruptæ sunt cicatrices meæ, a facie insipientiæ meæ.
38:5 Pudriéronse, corrompiéronse mis llagas, á causa de mi locura.
38:5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.
7 Miser factus sum et curvatus sum usque in finem; tota die contristatus ingrediebar.
38:6 Estoy encorvado, estoy humillado en gran manera, ando enlutado todo el día.
38:6 I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
8 Quoniam lumbi mei impleti sunt illusionibus, et non est sanitas in carne mea.
38:7 Porque mis lomos están llenos de irritación, y no hay sanidad en mi carne.
38:7 For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
9 Afflictus sum, et humiliatus sum nimis; rugiebam a gemitu cordis mei.
38:8 Estoy debilitado y molido en gran manera; bramo á causa de la conmoción de mi corazón.
38:8 I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
10 Domine, ante te omne desiderium meum, et gemitus meus a te non est absconditus.
38:9 Señor, delante de ti están todos mis deseos; y mi suspiro no te es oculto.
38:9 Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
11 Cor meum conturbatum est; dereliquit me virtus mea, et lumen oculorum meorum, et ipsum non est mecum.
38:10 Mi corazón está acongojado, hame dejado mi vigor; y aun la misma luz de mis ojos no está conmigo.
38:10 My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
12 Amici mei et proximi mei adversum me appropinquaverunt, et steterunt; et qui juxta me erant, de longe steterunt: et vim faciebant qui quærebant animam meam.
38:11 Mis amigos y mis compañeros se quitaron de delante de mi plaga; y mis cercanos se pusieron lejos.
38:11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
13 Et qui inquirebant mala mihi, locuti sunt vanitates, et dolos tota die meditabantur.
38:12 Y los que buscaban mi alma armaron lazos; y los que procuraban mi mal hablaban iniquidades, y meditaban fraudes todo el día.
38:12 They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
14 Ego autem, tamquam surdus, non audiebam; et sicut mutus non aperiens os suum.
38:13 Mas yo, como [si fuera] sordo, no oía; [y estaba] como un mudo, [que] no abre su boca.
38:13 But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.
15 Et factus sum sicut homo non audiens, et non habens in ore suo redargutiones.
38:14 Fuí pues como un hombre que no oye, y que en su boca no tiene reprensiones.
38:14 Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
16 Quoniam in te, Domine, speravi; tu exaudies me, Domine Deus meus.
38:15 Porque á ti, oh Jehová, esperé yo: tú responderás, Jehová Dios mío.
38:15 For I hope in you, Yahweh. You will answer, Lord my God.
17 Quia dixi: Nequando supergaudeant mihi inimici mei; et dum commoventur pedes mei, super me magna locuti sunt.
38:16 Porque dije: Que no se alegren de mí: cuando mi pie resbalaba, sobre mí se engrandecían.
38:16 For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
18 Quoniam ego in flagella paratus sum, et dolor meus in conspectu meo semper.
38:17 Empero yo estoy á pique de claudicar, y mi dolor está delante de mí continuamente.
38:17 For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
19 Quoniam iniquitatem meam annuntiabo, et cogitabo pro peccato meo.
38:18 Por tanto denunciaré mi maldad; congojaréme por mi pecado.
38:18 For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
20 Inimici autem mei vivunt, et confirmati sunt super me: et multiplicati sunt qui oderunt me inique.
38:19 Porque mis enemigos están vivos [y] fuertes: y hanse aumentado los que me aborrecen sin causa:
38:19 But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
21 Qui retribuunt mala pro bonis detrahebant mihi, quoniam sequebar bonitatem.
38:20 Y pagando mal por bien me son contrarios, por seguir yo lo bueno.
38:20 They who give evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
22 Ne derelinquas me, Domine Deus meus; ne discesseris a me.
38:21 No me desampares, oh Jehová: Dios mío, no te alejes de mí.
38:21 Don’t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be far from me.
23 Intende in adjutorium meum, Domine Deus salutis meæ.]
38:22 Apresúrate á ayudarme, oh Señor, mi salud.
38:22 Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
Cross references (23)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info. References use English (Hebrew-based) verse numbers; links open the passage in VUL.
- 1 Isaiah 54:8; Hebrews 12:5–11; Psalm 6:1; Psalm 70:1; Jeremiah 30:11
- 2 Isaiah 54:8; Hebrews 12:5–11; Psalm 6:1; Psalm 70:1; Jeremiah 30:11
- 3 Job 6:4; Psalm 32:4; 1 Samuel 5:6; Deuteronomy 2:15; Lamentations 3:12
- 4 Psalm 6:2; Psalm 51:8; Psalm 31:9–10; Isaiah 1:5–6; Lamentations 3:40–42
- 5 Psalm 40:12; Ezra 9:6; Matthew 11:28; Lamentations 1:14; 1 Peter 2:24
- 6 Isaiah 1:5–6; Psalm 69:5; Jeremiah 8:22; Psalm 32:3; Psalm 38:7
- 7 Job 30:28; Psalm 35:14; Psalm 42:9; Psalm 31:10; Psalm 42:5
- 8 Psalm 102:3; 2 Chronicles 21:18–19; Acts 12:23; Psalm 41:8; Job 30:18
- 9 Job 3:24; Psalm 32:3; Job 30:28; Isaiah 59:11; Psalm 22:1–2
- 10 Psalm 10:17; Psalm 6:6; 2 Corinthians 5:2; Romans 8:26–27; John 1:48
- 11 Psalm 6:7; Psalm 88:9; Psalm 69:3; Psalm 119:123; Lamentations 5:16–17
- 12 Psalm 31:11; Luke 23:49; Job 19:13–17; John 16:32; Psalm 88:18
- 13 Psalm 35:20; 2 Samuel 17:1–3; Psalm 140:5; Psalm 54:3; Psalm 141:9
- 14 Isaiah 53:7; Psalm 39:9; Psalm 39:2; 1 Peter 2:23; 2 Samuel 16:10–12
- 15 Amos 5:13; John 8:6; Mark 15:3–5; Micah 7:5
- 16 Psalm 39:7; Psalm 17:6; Psalm 138:3; Psalm 123:1–3
- 17 Psalm 94:18; Deuteronomy 32:35; Psalm 35:24–26; Psalm 13:3–4
- 18 Psalm 35:15; Psalm 6:6; Psalm 38:6; Micah 4:6–7; Psalm 77:2–3
- 19 Psalm 32:5; Proverbs 28:13; Job 33:27; Psalm 51:3; 2 Corinthians 7:7–11
- 20 John 15:18–25; Psalm 35:19; Matthew 10:22; Psalm 69:4; Psalm 56:1–2
- 21 Psalm 35:12; Jeremiah 18:20; 1 John 3:12; John 10:32; 1 Peter 4:14–16
- 22 Psalm 22:19; Psalm 22:24; Psalm 22:11; Psalm 35:21–22; Psalm 22:1
- 23 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). Verse numbers below follow the Hebrew/English numbering: 38.
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)