# Psalm 38 ## Psalm 38:1 - [KJV] O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. - [ASV] O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. - [YLT] Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me. ### Notes on Psalm 38:1 - ## Psalm 38:2 - [KJV] For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. - [ASV] For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore. - [YLT] For Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand. ### Notes on Psalm 38:2 - ## Psalm 38:3 - [KJV] *There is* no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither *is there any* rest in my bones because of my sin. - [ASV] There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. - [YLT] Soundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin. ### Notes on Psalm 38:3 - ## Psalm 38:4 - [KJV] For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. - [ASV] For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. - [YLT] For mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me. ### Notes on Psalm 38:4 - ## Psalm 38:5 - [KJV] My wounds stink *and* are corrupt because of my foolishness. - [ASV] My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness. - [YLT] Stunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly. ### Notes on Psalm 38:5 - ## Psalm 38:6 - [KJV] I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. - [ASV] I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. - [YLT] I have been bent down, I have been bowed down -- unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning. ### Notes on Psalm 38:6 - ## Psalm 38:7 - [KJV] For my loins are filled with a loathsome *disease*: and *there is* no soundness in my flesh. - [ASV] For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh. - [YLT] For my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh. ### Notes on Psalm 38:7 - ## Psalm 38:8 - [KJV] I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. - [ASV] I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart. - [YLT] I have been feeble and smitten -- unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart. ### Notes on Psalm 38:8 - ## Psalm 38:9 - [KJV] Lord, all my desire *is* before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. - [ASV] Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee. - [YLT] Lord, before Thee *is* all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid. ### Notes on Psalm 38:9 - ## Psalm 38:10 - [KJV] My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. - [ASV] My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. - [YLT] My heart *is* panting, my power hath forsaken me, And the light of mine eyes, Even they are not with me. ### Notes on Psalm 38:10 - ## Psalm 38:11 - [KJV] My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. - [ASV] My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. - [YLT] My lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood. ### Notes on Psalm 38:11 - ## Psalm 38:12 - [KJV] They 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. - [ASV] They also that seek after my life lay snares *for me*; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long. - [YLT] And those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day. ### Notes on Psalm 38:12 - ## Psalm 38:13 - [KJV] But I, as a deaf *man*, heard not; and *I was* as a dumb man *that* openeth not his mouth. - [ASV] But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. - [YLT] And I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth. ### Notes on Psalm 38:13 - ## Psalm 38:14 - [KJV] Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth *are* no reproofs. - [ASV] Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs. - [YLT] Yea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs. ### Notes on Psalm 38:14 - ## Psalm 38:15 - [KJV] For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. - [ASV] For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God. - [YLT] Because for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God. ### Notes on Psalm 38:15 - ## Psalm 38:16 - [KJV] For I said, *Hear me*, lest *otherwise* they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify *themselves* against me. - [ASV] For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. - [YLT] When I said, 'Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves. ### Notes on Psalm 38:16 - ## Psalm 38:17 - [KJV] For I *am* ready to halt, and my sorrow *is* continually before me. - [ASV] For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. - [YLT] For I am ready to halt, And my pain *is* before me continually. ### Notes on Psalm 38:17 - ## Psalm 38:18 - [KJV] For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. - [ASV] For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. - [YLT] For mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin. ### Notes on Psalm 38:18 - ## Psalm 38:19 - [KJV] But mine enemies *are* lively, *and* they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. - [ASV] But mine enemies are lively, *and* are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. - [YLT] And mine enemies *are* lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied. ### Notes on Psalm 38:19 - ## Psalm 38:20 - [KJV] They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow *the thing that* good *is*. - [ASV] They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good. - [YLT] And those paying evil for good accuse me, Because of my pursuing good. ### Notes on Psalm 38:20 - ## Psalm 38:21 - [KJV] Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. - [ASV] Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me. - [YLT] Do not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me, ### Notes on Psalm 38:21 - ## Psalm 38:22 - [KJV] Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. - [ASV] Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. - [YLT] Haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! ### Notes on Psalm 38:22 -