12FOR YOU YOU BLESS [THE] RIGHTEOUS O YAHWEH LIKE <THE> SHIELD FAVOR YOU SURROUND HIM 12For surely You, O LORD, bless the righteous; You surround them with the shield of Your favor.
0TO THE CHOIRMASTER WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS ON THE SHEMINITH A PSALM OF DAVID Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger (Psalm 38:1–22) 0For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith.*NoteCloseSheminith is probably a musical term; here and in 1 Chronicles 15:21 and Psalm 12:1. A Psalm of David.
1O YAHWEH MAY NOT IN ANGER YOUR YOU REBUKE ME AND MAY NOT IN WRATH YOUR YOU DISCIPLINE ME 1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
2SHOW FAVOR TO ME O YAHWEH FOR [AM] FRAIL I HEAL ME O YAHWEH FOR THEY ARE DISTURBED BONES MY 2Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
3AND SELF MY IT IS DISTURBED EXCEEDINGLY AND YOU O YAHWEH UNTIL WHEN? 3My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
4RETURN! O YAHWEH RESCUE! LIFE MY SAVE ME ON ACCOUNT OF COVENANT LOYALTY YOUR 4Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
5FOR THERE NOT IN <THE> DEATH [IS] REMEMBRANCE OF YOU IN SHEOL WHO? WILL HE GIVE THANKS TO YOU 5For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
6I HAVE BECOME WEARY BY GROANING MY I MAKE SWIM IN EVERY NIGHT BED MY WITH TEAR[S] MY COUCH MY I MELT 6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
7IT HAS WASTED AWAY FROM GRIEF EYE MY IT HAS GROWN WEAK WITH ALL OPPOSERS MY 7My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
8TURN AWAY FROM ME O ALL [THOSE WHO] DO <OF> WICKEDNESS FOR HE HAS HEARD YAHWEH [THE] SOUND OF WEEPING MY 8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
9HE HAS HEARD YAHWEH SUPPLICATION MY YAHWEH PRAYER MY HE WILL ACCEPT 9The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
10MAY THEY BE ASHAMED AND THEY MAY BE DISTURBED EXCEEDINGLY ALL ENEMIES MY THEY WILL TURN BACK THEY WILL BE ASHAMED A MOMENT 10All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.