Salmos 38
New American Bible ›1A psalm of David. For remembrance. I LORD, punish me no more in your anger; in your wrath do not chastise me!
2Your arrows have sunk deep in me; your hand has come down upon me.
3My flesh is afflicted because of your anger; my frame aches because of my sin.
4My iniquities overwhelm me, a burden beyond my strength.
5II Foul and festering are my sores because of my folly.
6I am stooped and deeply bowed; all day I go about mourning.
7My loins burn with fever; my flesh is afflicted.
8I am numb and utterly crushed; I wail with anguish of heart.
9My Lord, my deepest yearning is before you; my groaning is not hidden from you.
10My heart shudders, my strength forsakes me; the very light of my eyes has failed.
11Friends and companions shun my pain; my neighbors stand far off.
12Those who seek my life lay snares for me; they seek my misfortune, they speak of ruin; they plot treachery all the day.
13III But I am like the deaf, hearing nothing, like the dumb, saying nothing,
14Like someone who does not hear, who has no answer ready.
15LORD, I wait for you; O Lord, my God, answer me.
16For I fear they will gloat, exult over me if I stumble.
17IV I am very near to falling; my pain is with me always.
18I acknowledge my guilt and grieve over my sin.
19But many are my foes without cause, a multitude of enemies without reason,
20Repaying me evil for good, harassing me for pursuing good.
21Forsake me not, O LORD; my God, be not far from me!
22Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my salvation!