Psalm 38
A psalm of David. A prayer.
1Lord, don’t correct me when you are angry.
Don’t punish me when you are burning with anger.
2You have wounded me with your arrows.
You have struck me with your hand.
3Because of your anger, my whole body is sick.
Because of my sin, I’m not healthy.
4My guilt has become too much for me.
It is a load too heavy to carry.
5My wounds are ugly. They stink.
I’ve been foolish. I have sinned.
6I am bent over. I’ve been brought very low.
All day long I go around weeping.
7My back is filled with burning pain.
My whole body is sick.
8I am weak and feel as if I’ve been broken in pieces.
I groan because of the great pain in my heart.
9Lord, everything I really want is clearly known to you.
You always hear me when I sigh.
10My heart pounds, and my strength is gone.
My eyes can hardly see.
11My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds.
My neighbors stay far away from me.
12Those who are trying to kill me set their traps.
Those who want to harm me talk about destroying me.
All day long they make their plans and tell their lies.
13Like a deaf person, I can’t hear.
Like someone who can’t speak, I can’t say a word.
14I’m like someone who doesn’t hear.
I’m like someone whose mouth can’t make any reply.
15Lord, I wait for you to help me.
Lord my God, I know you will answer.
16I said, “Don’t let my enemies have the joy of seeing me fall.
Don’t let them brag when my feet slip.”
17I am about to fall.
My pain never leaves me.
18I admit that I have done wrong.
I am troubled by my sin.
19Though I have done nothing to cause it, many people have become my enemies.
They hate me without any reason.
20They pay me back with evil, even though I was good to them.
They bring charges against me, though I try only to do what is good.
21Lord, don’t desert me.
My God, don’t be far away from me.
22Lord my Savior,
come quickly to help me.
Saamu 38
Saamu Dafidi. Ẹ̀bẹ̀.
1Olúwa, Má ṣe bá mi wí nínú ìbínú rẹ,
bẹ́ẹ̀ ni kí o má ṣe fi ìyà jẹ mí nínú ìrunú rẹ̀.
2Nítorí tí ọfà rẹ kàn mọ́ mi ṣinṣin,
ọwọ́ rẹ sì kì mí mọ́lẹ̀.
3Kò sí ibi yíyè ní ara à mi, nítorí ìbínú rẹ;
kò sí àlàáfíà nínú egungun mi nítorí i ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi.
4Nítorí àìṣedéédéé mi ti borí mi mọ́lẹ̀;
wọ́n tó ìwọ̀n bi àjàgà tí ó wúwo jù fún mi.
5Ọgbẹ́ mi ń rùn ó sì díbàjẹ́
nítorí òmùgọ̀ mi.
6Èmi ń jòwèrè, orí mi tẹ̀ ba gidigidi
èmi ń ṣọ̀fọ̀ rìn kiri ní gbogbo ọjọ́.
7Nítorí ẹ̀gbẹ́ mi kún fún ìgbóná tí ń jóni
kò sì ṣí ibi yíyè ní ara mi,
8Ara mi hù, a sì wó mi jẹ́gẹjẹ̀gẹ;
mo kérora nítorí ìrúkèrúdò àyà mi.
9Olúwa, gbogbo ìfẹ́ mi ń bẹ níwájú rẹ;
ìmí ẹ̀dùn mi kò sápamọ́ fún ọ.
10Àyà mi ń mí hẹlẹ, agbára mi yẹ̀ mí sílẹ̀;
bí ó ṣe ti ìmọ́lẹ̀ ojú mi ni, ó ti lọ kúrò lára mi.
11Àwọn ọ̀rẹ́ mi àti àwọn ẹlẹgbẹ́ mi dúró lókèèrè réré kúrò níbi ìpọ́njú mi,
àwọn alábágbé mi, dúró lókèèrè.
12Àwọn tí n wá ẹ̀mí mi dẹ okùn sílẹ̀ fún mi;
àti àwọn tí ó fẹ́ pa mí lára ń sọ̀rọ̀ nípa ìparun,
wọ́n sì ń gbèrò ẹ̀tàn ní gbogbo ọjọ́.
13Ṣùgbọ́n mo dàbí adití odi, èmi kò gbọ́ ọ̀rọ̀;
àti bí odi, tí kò le sọ̀rọ̀.
14Nítòótọ́, mo rí bí ọkùnrin tí kò gbọ́rọ̀,
àti bí ẹnu ẹni tí kò sí ìjiyàn.
15Ṣùgbọ́n sí ọ Olúwa, ìwọ ni mo dúró dè;
ìwọ ni, Olúwa Ọlọ́run mi, ẹni tí yóò dáhùn.
16Nítorí tí mo gbàdúrà, “Gbóhùn mi, kí wọn má ba à yọ̀ mí;
nígbà tí ẹsẹ̀ mi bá yọ̀ wọn yóò máa gbé ara wọn ga sí mi.”
17Nítorí tí mo ti ṣetán láti ṣubú,
ìrora mi sì wà pẹ̀lú mi nígbà gbogbo.
18Mo jẹ́wọ́ ìrékọjá mi;
àánú sì ṣe mí fún ẹ̀ṣẹ̀ mi.
19Àwọn tí ó jẹ́ ọ̀tá mi láìnídìí pàtàkì, wọ́n lágbára púpọ̀,
ọ̀pọ̀lọpọ̀ ni àwọn tí ó kórìíra mi lọ́nà òdì.
20Àwọn tí wọn ń fi ibi san rere fún mi
àwọn ni ọ̀tá mi
nítorí pé mò ń tọ ìre lẹ́yìn.
21Má ṣe kọ̀ mí sílẹ̀, ìwọ Olúwa!
Ọlọ́run mi, Má ṣe jìnnà sí mi.
22Yára láti ràn mí lọ́wọ́,
Olúwa, Olùgbàlà mi.
