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Psalms 38

Highlighted words differ from the KJV. Most differences are matters of wording, style or the age of the English, not of meaning; a few reflect different manuscripts.

  1. 1
    KJVA Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
    WEBA Psalm by David, for a memorial. Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
  2. 2
    KJVFor thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
    WEBFor your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
  3. 3
    KJVThere is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
    WEBThere is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
  4. 4
    KJVFor mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
    WEBFor my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
  5. 5
    KJVMy wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
    WEBMy wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.
  6. 6
    KJVI am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
    WEBI am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
  7. 7
    KJVFor my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
    WEBFor my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
  8. 8
    KJVI am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
    WEBI am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
  9. 9
    KJVLord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
    WEBLord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
  10. 10
    KJVMy heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
    WEBMy heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
  11. 11
    KJVMy lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
    WEBMy lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
  12. 12
    KJVThey 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.
    WEBThey also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
  13. 13
    KJVBut I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
    WEBBut I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.
  14. 14
    KJVThus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.
    WEBYes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
  15. 15
    KJVFor in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
    WEBFor I hope in you, Yahweh. You will answer, Lord my God.
  16. 16
    KJVFor I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
    WEBFor I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
  17. 17
    KJVFor I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
    WEBFor I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
  18. 18
    KJVFor I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
    WEBFor I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
  19. 19
    KJVBut mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
    WEBBut my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
  20. 20
    KJVThey also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
    WEBThey who give evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
  21. 21
    KJVForsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
    WEBDon’t forsake me, Yahweh. My God, don’t be far from me.
  22. 22
    KJVMake haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
    WEBHurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
  • King James Version (1769 text), public domain outside the United Kingdom, where Crown letters patent apply.
  • World English Bible (WEB), public domain. “World English Bible” is a trademark of eBible.org.