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1 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 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.
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
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Hebrew interlinear — Psalm 38:1–22 (165 words)
1
  1. יְֽהוָ֗הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  2. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  3. בְּקֶצְפְּךָ֥bĕqeṣpĕkāqetseph: a splinter (as chipped off); (figuratively) rage or strifeH7110
  4. תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִיtôkîḥēnîyakach: to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argueH3198
  5. וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ֥ûbaḥămotkāchemah: heat; (figuratively) anger, poison (from its fever)H2534
  6. תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃tĕyassĕrēnîyacar: to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words)H3256
2
  1. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. חִ֭צֶּיךָḥiṣṣêkāchets: (properly) a piercer, i.e. an arrow; (by implication) a woundH2671
  3. נִ֣חֲתוּniḥătûnachath: to sink, i.e. descend; causatively, to press or lead downH5181
  4. בִ֑יbî
  5. וַתִּנְחַ֖תwattinḥatnachath: to sink, i.e. descend; causatively, to press or lead downH5181
  6. עָלַ֣יʿālay`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  7. יָדֶֽךָ׃yādekāyad: a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.), in distinction from H3709, the closed one)H3027
3
  1. אֵיןʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  2. מְתֹ֣םmĕtōmmthom: wholesomeness; (adverb) completelyH4974
  3. בִּ֭בְשָׂרִיbibśārîbasar: flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, personH1320
  4. מִפְּנֵ֣יmippĕnêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  5. זַעְמֶ֑ךָzaʿmekāza`am: strictly froth at the mouth, i.e. (figuratively) fury (especially of God's displeasure with sin)H2195
  6. אֵיןʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  7. שָׁל֥וֹםšālômshalowm: safe; (figuratively) well, happy, friendlyH7965
  8. בַּ֝עֲצָמַ֗יbaʿăṣāmay`etsem: a bone (as strong); by extension, the bodyH6106
  9. מִפְּנֵ֥יmippĕnêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  10. חַטָּאתִֽי׃ḥaṭṭāʾtîchatta'ah: an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiationH2403
4
  1. כִּ֣יkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. עֲ֭וֺנֹתַיʿăwōnōtay`avon: perversity, i.e. (moral) evilH5771
  3. עָבְר֣וּʿobrû`abar: to cross overH5674
  4. רֹאשִׁ֑יrōʾšîro'sh: the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank...H7218
  5. כְּמַשָּׂ֥אkĕmaśśāʾmassa': a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterageH4853
  6. כָ֝בֵ֗דkābēdkabed: heavy; figuratively in a good sense (numerous) or in a bad sense (severe, difficult, stupid)H3515
  7. יִכְבְּד֥וּyikbĕdûkabad: to be heavy, i.e. in a bad sense (burdensome, severe, dull) or in a good sense (numerous, rich, honorableH3513
  8. מִמֶּֽנִּי׃mimmennîmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
5
  1. הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּhibʾîšûba'ash: to smell bad; (figuratively) to be offensive morallyH887
  2. נָ֭מַקּוּnāmaqqûmaqaq: to melt; (figuratively) to flow, dwindle, vanishH4743
  3. חַבּוּרֹתָ֑יḥabbûrōtāychabbuwrah: (properly) bound (with stripes), i.e. a weal (or black-and-blue mark itself)H2250
  4. מִ֝פְּנֵ֗יmippĕnêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  5. אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃ʾiwwaltîivveleth: sillinessH200
6
  1. נַעֲוֵ֣יתִיnaʿăwêtî`avah: to crook, literally or figuratively (as follows)H5753
  2. שַׁחֹ֣תִיšaḥōtîshachach: to sink or depress (reflexive or causative)H7817
  3. עַדʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
  4. מְאֹ֑דmĕʾōdm`od: (properly) vehemence; (with or without preposition) vehementlyH3966
  5. כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  6. הַ֝יּ֗וֹםhayyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  7. קֹדֵ֥רqōdērqadar: to be ashy, i.e. dark-colored; (by implication) to mourn (in sackcloth or sordid garments)H6937
  8. הִלָּֽכְתִּי׃hillākĕttîhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
7
  1. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. כְ֭סָלַיkĕsālaykecel: (properly) fatness; (by implication, literally) the loin (as the seat of the leaf fat)H3689
  3. מָלְא֣וּmolʾûmale': to fill or (intransitively) be full of, in a wide application (literally and figuratively)H4390
  4. נִקְלֶ֑הniqleqalah: to toast, i.e. scorch partially or slowlyH7033
  5. וְאֵ֥יןwĕʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  6. מְ֝תֹ֗םmĕtōmmthom: wholesomeness; (adverb) completelyH4974
  7. בִּבְשָׂרִֽי׃bibśārîbasar: flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, personH1320
8
  1. נְפוּג֣וֹתִיnĕpûgôtîpuwg: to be sluggishH6313
  2. וְנִדְכֵּ֣יתִיwĕnidkêtîdakah: to collapse (phys. or mentally)H1794
  3. עַדʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
  4. מְאֹ֑דmĕʾōdm`od: (properly) vehemence; (with or without preposition) vehementlyH3966
  5. שָׁ֝אַ֗גְתִּיšāʾagtîsha'ag: to rumble or moanH7580
  6. מִֽנַּהֲמַ֥תminnahămatnhamah: snarlingH5100
  7. לִבִּֽי׃libbîleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
9
  1. אֲֽדֹנָיʾădōnāyAdonay: the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)H136
  2. נֶגְדְּךָ֥negdĕkāneged: a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mateH5048
  3. כָלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  4. תַּאֲוָתִ֑יtaʾăwātîta'avah: a longing; (by implication) a delightH8378
  5. וְ֝אַנְחָתִ֗יwĕʾanḥātîanachah: sighingH585
  6. מִמְּךָ֥mimmĕkāmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
  7. לֹאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. נִסְתָּֽרָה׃nistārâcathar: to hide (by covering), literally or figurativelyH5641
10
  1. לִבִּ֣יlibbîleb: the heart; also used (figuratively) very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellectH3820
  2. סְ֭חַרְחַרsĕḥarḥarcachar: to travel round (specifically as a pedlar)H5503
  3. עֲזָבַ֣נִיʿăzābanî`azab: to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etcH5800
  4. כֹחִ֑יkōḥîkoach: vigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)H3581
  5. וְֽאוֹרwĕʾôrowr: illumination; (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)H216
  6. עֵינַ֥יʿênay`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
  7. גַּםgamgam: (properly) assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, thoughH1571
  8. הֵ֝֗םhēmhem: they (only used when emphatic)H1992
  9. אֵ֣יןʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  10. אִתִּֽי׃ʾittîeth: (properly) nearness; (used only as a preposition or an adverb) nearH854
11
  1. אֹֽהֲבַ֨י׀ʾōhăbayahab: to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)H157
  2. וְרֵעַ֗יwĕrēʿayrea`: an associate (more or less close)H7453
  3. מִנֶּ֣גֶדminnegedneged: a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mateH5048
  4. נִגְעִ֣יnigʿînega`: a blow; (figuratively) an inflictionH5061
  5. יַעֲמֹ֑דוּyaʿămōdû`amad: to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)H5975
  6. וּ֝קְרוֹבַ֗יûqĕrôbayqarowb: near (in place, kindred or time)H7138
  7. מֵרָחֹ֥קmērāḥōqrachowq: remote, literally or figuratively, of place or timeH7350
  8. עָמָֽדוּ׃ʿāmādû`amad: to stand, in various relations (literal and figurative, intransitive and transitive)H5975
12
  1. וַיְנַקְשׁ֤וּ׀waynaqšûnaqash: to entrap (with a noose), literally or figurativelyH5367
  2. מְבַקְשֵׁ֬יmĕbaqšêbaqash: to search out (by any method, specifically in worship or prayer)H1245
  3. נַפְשִׁ֗יnapšînephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  4. וְדֹרְשֵׁ֣יwĕdōrĕšêdarash: (properly) to tread or frequent; (usually) to follow (for pursuit or search)H1875
  5. רָ֭עָתִיrāʿātîra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  6. דִּבְּר֣וּdibbĕrûdabar: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speakH1696
  7. הַוּ֑וֹתhawwôthavvah: desire; (also) ruinH1942
  8. וּ֝מִרְמ֗וֹתûmirmôtmirmah: fraudH4820
  9. כָּלkālkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  10. הַיּ֥וֹםhayyômyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  11. יֶהְגּֽוּ׃yehgûhagah: to murmur (in pleasure or anger); (by implication) to ponderH1897
13
  1. וַאֲנִ֣יwaʾănîaniy: IH589
  2. כְ֭חֵרֵשׁkĕḥērēšcheresh: deaf (whether literally or spir.)H2795
  3. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  4. אֶשְׁמָ֑עʾešmāʿshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
  5. וּ֝כְאִלֵּ֗םûkĕʾillēmillem: speechlessH483
  6. לֹ֣אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. יִפְתַּחyiptaḥpathach: to open wide (literally or figuratively)H6605
  8. פִּֽיו׃pîwpeh: the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech)H6310
14
  1. וָאֱהִ֗יwāʾĕhîhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  2. כְּ֭אִישׁkĕʾîšiysh: a man as an individual or a male personH376
  3. אֲשֶׁ֣רʾăšeraher: who, which, what, that; (as adverb) when, where, howH834
  4. לֹאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  5. שֹׁמֵ֑עַšōmēaʿshama`: to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etcH8085
  6. וְאֵ֥יןwĕʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  7. בְּ֝פִ֗יוbĕpîwpeh: the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech)H6310
  8. תּוֹכָחֽוֹת׃tôkāḥôttowkechah: chastisement; figuratively (by words) correction, refutation, proof (even in defence)H8433
15
  1. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. לְךָ֣lĕkā
  3. יְהוָ֣הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  4. הוֹחָ֑לְתִּיhôḥālĕttîyachal: to wait; (by implication) to be patient, hopeH3176
  5. אַתָּ֥הʾattâattah: thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youH859
  6. תַ֝עֲנֶ֗הtaʿăne`anah: (properly) to eye; (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attentionH6030
  7. אֲדֹנָ֥יʾădōnāyAdonay: the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)H136
  8. אֱלֹהָֽי׃ʾĕlōhāyelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
16
  1. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. אָ֭מַרְתִּיʾāmartîamar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
  3. פֶּןpenpen: (properly) removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lestH6435
  4. יִשְׂמְחוּyiśmĕḥûsamach: probably to brighten up, i.e. (figuratively) be (causatively, make) blithe or gleesomeH8055
  5. לִ֑יlî
  6. בְּמ֥וֹטbĕmôṭmowt: to waver; (by implication) , to slip, shake, fallH4131
  7. רַ֝גְלִ֗יraglîregel: a foot (as used in walking); (by implication) a stepH7272
  8. עָלַ֥יʿālay`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  9. הִגְדִּֽילוּ׃higdîlûgadal: (properly) to twist; to be large (in various senses, as in body, mind, estate or honor, also in pride)H1431
17
  1. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. אֲ֭נִיʾănîaniy: IH589
  3. לְצֶ֣לַעlĕṣelaʿtsela`: a limping or full (figuratively)H6761
  4. נָכ֑וֹןnākônkuwn: (properly) to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular)H3559
  5. וּמַכְאוֹבִ֖יûmakʾôbîmak'ob: anguish or (figuratively) afflictionH4341
  6. נֶגְדִּ֣יnegdîneged: a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mateH5048
  7. תָמִֽיד׃tāmîdtamiyd: (properly) continuance (as indefinite extension)H8548
18
  1. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. עֲוֹנִ֥יʿăwōnî`avon: perversity, i.e. (moral) evilH5771
  3. אַגִּ֑ידʾaggîdnagad: (properly) to front, i.e. stand boldly out oppositeH5046
  4. אֶ֝דְאַ֗גʾedʾagda'ag: be anxiousH1672
  5. מֵֽחַטָּאתִֽי׃mēḥaṭṭāʾtîchatta'ah: an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiationH2403
19
  1. וְֽ֭אֹיְבַיwĕʾôybayoyeb: hating; an adversaryH341
  2. חַיִּ֣יםḥayyîmchay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
  3. עָצֵ֑מוּʿāṣēmû`atsam: to bind fast, i.e. close (the eyes); intransitively, to be (causatively, make) powerful or numerousH6105
  4. וְרַבּ֖וּwĕrabbûrabab: (properly) to cast together, i.e. increase, especially in numberH7231
  5. שֹׂנְאַ֣יśōnĕʾaysane': to hate (personally)H8130
  6. שָֽׁקֶר׃šāqersheqer: an untruth; (by implication, often adverbial) a fraud or deceit (i.e. fraudulently, deceitfully)H8267
20
  1. וּמְשַׁלְּמֵ֣יûmĕšallĕmêshalam: to be safe (in mind, body or estate); (figuratively) to be completedH7999
  2. רָ֭עָהrāʿâra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  3. תַּ֣חַתtaḥattachath: the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of...H8478
  4. טוֹבָ֑הṭôbâtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
  5. יִ֝שְׂטְנ֗וּנִיyiśṭĕnûnîsatan: to attack, (figuratively) accuseH7853
  6. תַּ֣חַתtaḥattachath: the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of...H8478
  7. רָֽדְופִיrādĕwpîradaph: to run after (usually with hostile intentH7291
  8. טֽוֹב׃ṭôbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
21
  1. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  2. תַּֽעַזְבֵ֥נִיtaʿazbēnî`azab: to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etcH5800
  3. יְהוָ֑הyĕhwâYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  4. אֱ֝לֹהַ֗יʾĕlōhayelohiym: gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the...H430
  5. אַלʾalal: (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative)H408
  6. תִּרְחַ֥קtirḥaqrachaq: to widen (in any direction), i.e. (intransitively) recede or (transitively) remove (literally or figuratively...H7368
  7. מִמֶּֽנִּי׃mimmennîmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
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  1. ח֥וּשָׁהḥûšâchuwsh: to hurry; (figuratively) to be eager with excitement or enjoymentH2363
  2. לְעֶזְרָתִ֑יlĕʿezrātî`ezrah: aidH5833
  3. אֲ֝דֹנָ֗יʾădōnāyAdonay: the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)H136
  4. תְּשׁוּעָתִֽי׃tĕšûʿātîtshuw`ah: rescue (literal or figurative, pers., national or spir.)H8668

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Strong's words in Psalm 38 (6)
Strong's H369 — אֵין (ʾên)
ayin (ah'-yin) prt-n. 1. a non-entity 2. (generally) used as a negative particle [as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist] KJV: else, except, fail, (father-)less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare: H370. Appears 5 times in Psalm 38.
Strong's H136 — אֲֽדֹנָי (ʾădōnāy)
Adonay (ad-o-noy') n-m. 1. the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) [am emphatic form of H113] KJV: (my) Lord. Root(s): H113. Appears 3 times in Psalm 38.
Strong's H3068 — יְֽהוָ֗ה (yĕhwâ)
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 3 times in Psalm 38.
Strong's H3605 — כָּל (kāl)
kol (kole) (or (Jer. 33) n-m. 1. (properly) the whole 2. (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) [from H3634] KJV: (in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-)thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever). Root(s): H3634. Appears 3 times in Psalm 38.
Strong's H408 — אַל (ʾal)
al (al) adv. 1. (qualified negation) not (used as a deprecative) 2. (as a noun) nothing (used once in Job 24 [a negative particle (akin to H3808)] KJV: nay, neither, + never, no ,nor, not, nothing (worth), rather than. Root(s): H3808. Appears 3 times in Psalm 38.
Strong's H5048 — נֶגְדְּךָ֥ (negdĕkā)
neged (neh'-ghed) adj. 1. a front, i.e. part opposite 2. specifically a counterpart, or mate 3. usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before [from H5046] KJV: about, (over) against, X aloof, X far (off), X from, over, presence, X other side, sight, X to view. Root(s): H5046. Appears 3 times in Psalm 38.

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