1SEÑOR, no me reprendas en tu enojo ni me castigues en tu ira.2Porque tus flechas me han atravesado, y sobre mí ha caído tu mano.3A causa de tu indignación no hay nada sano en mi cuerpo; por mi pecado, mis huesos no hallan descanso.4Mis maldades me abruman, son una carga demasiado pesada.5A causa de mi insensatez, mis llagas hieden y supuran.6Estoy agobiado, del todo abatido; todo el día ando acongojado.7Estoy ardiendo de fiebre; no hay nada sano en mi cuerpo.8Me siento débil, completamente deshecho; mi corazón gime angustiado.9Ante ti, Señor, están todos mis deseos; no te son un secreto mis anhelos.10Late mi corazón con violencia, las fuerzas me abandonan, hasta la luz de mis ojos se apaga.11Mis amigos y vecinos se apartan de mis llagas; mis parientes se mantienen a distancia.12Tienden sus trampas los que quieren matarme; maquinan mi ruina los que buscan mi mal y todo el día urden engaños.13Pero yo me hago el sordo, y no los escucho; me hago el mudo, y no les respondo.14Soy como los que no oyen ni pueden defenderse.15Yo, SEÑOR, espero en ti; tú, Señor y Dios mío, serás quien responda.16Tan solo pido que no se burlen de mí, que no se crean superiores si resbalo.17Cerca estoy de desfallecer; el dolor no me deja un solo instante.18Voy a confesar mi iniquidad, pues mi pecado me angustia.19Muchos son mis enemigos gratuitos;[1] abundan los que me odian sin motivo.20Por hacer el bien, me pagan con el mal; por procurar lo bueno, se ponen en mi contra.21SEÑOR, no me abandones; Dios mío, no te alejes de mí.22Señor de mi salvación, ¡ven pronto en mi ayuda!
Psalm 38
English Standard Version
Do Not Forsake Me, O Lord
1A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath! (1Chr 16,4; Ps 6,1; Ps 70,1)2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. (Hi 6,4; Ps 32,4)3There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. (Ps 31,10; Jes 1,6)4For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. (Esr 9,6; Ps 40,12)5My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness,6I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning. (Hi 30,28; Ps 35,14; Ps 42,5; Ps 42,11; Ps 43,5; Jes 21,3)7For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. (Ps 38,3)8I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart. (Ps 22,1)9O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you. (Ps 6,6)10My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me. (Ps 6,7)11My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off. (Hi 19,13; Ps 39,10; Ps 88,18; Jes 53,4; Jes 53,8; Mt 27,55; Mk 15,40; Lk 10,31; Lk 23,49)12Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long. (2Sam 16,7; 2Sam 17,1; Ps 35,20; Mt 22,15; Mk 12,13; Lk 20,20)13But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth. (Ps 39,2; Ps 39,9; Jes 53,7; 1Petr 2,23)14I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes. (Hi 23,4)15But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer. (2Sam 16,12; Ps 39,7)16For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!” (Hi 19,5; Ps 13,4; Ps 94,18)17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me. (Ps 35,15; Jer 20,10)18I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. (Ps 32,5; 2Kor 7,9)19But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully. (Ps 35,19)20Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good. (Ps 35,12; Ps 109,4; 3Joh 1,11)21Do not forsake me, O Lord! O my God, be not far from me! (Ps 10,1)22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! (Ps 27,1; Ps 40,13)