🔊 Audio of Psalm 38
Psalm 38
Hebrew text, Sephardic transliteration, and English translation for reading, study, and prayer.
| # | Hebrew | Sephardic Transliteration | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | מִזְמ֖וֹר לְדָוִ֣ד לְהַזְכִּֽיר: | Miz-mór le-Da-víd le-haz-kír. | A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. |
| 2 | יְהוָה אַל־בְּקֶצְפְּךָ תוֹכִיחֵנִי וּבַחֲמָתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵנִי | Ado-nái al be-ka-tze-phe-kha to-khi-khé-ni; u-ve-kha-ma-te-kha te-ya-se-ré-ni. | O the LORD, rebuke me not in Your anger, nor discipline me in Your wrath! |
| 3 | כִּי־חִצֶּיךָ נִחֲתוּ בִי וַתִּנְחַת עָלַי יָדֶךָ | Ki khi-tz-zé-kha nikh-ha-lú-vi; va-tu-rád a-lái ya-de-kha. | For Your arrows have sunk into me, and Your hand has come down on me. |
| 4 | אֵין־מְתֹם בִּבְשָׂרִי מִפְּנֵי זַעְמֶךָ אֵין־שָׁלוֹם בַּעֲצָמַי מִפְּנֵי חַטָּאתִי | Ein me-tom biv-sa-rí mi-pe-néi za-me-kha; ein sha-lóm ba-a-tza-mo-t-ái mi-pe-néi kha-ta-a-tí. | There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. |
| 5 | כִּי עֲוֺנֹתַי עָבְרוּ רֹאשִׁי כְּמַשָּׂא כָבֵד יִכְבְּדוּ מִמֶּנִּי | Ki a-vo-no-t-ái a-ve-rú ro-shí; ke-mas-sá ka-véd yikh-be-dú mim-mé-ni. | For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. |
| 6 | הִבְאִישׁוּ נָמַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָי מִפְּנֵי אִוַּלְתִּי | Hi-ba-ashú na-mu-k-kú kha-bu-ro-t-ái; mi-pe-néi iv-val-te-tí. | My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness. |
| 7 | נַעֲוֵיתִי שַׁחֹתִי עַד־מְאֹד כָּל־הַיּוֹם קֹדֵר הִלָּכְתִּי | Na-a-véi-ti sha-khoh-tí ad me-od; kál ha-yom kó-dér hi-lakh-tí. | I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning. |
| 8 | כִּי־כְסָלַי מָלְאוּ נִקְלֶה וְאֵין מְתֹם בִּבְשָׂרִי | Ki ke-sal-ái ma-le-ú nik-léh; ve-ein me-tom biv-sa-rí. | For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. |
| 9 | נְפוּגוֹתִי וְנִדְכֵּיתִי עַד־מְאֹד שָׁאַגְתִּי מִנַּהֲמַת לִבִּי | Nifú-gi-o-ti ve-nid-ka-ití ad me-od; sha-ag-tí mi-na-ha-mat li-bí. | I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart. |
| 10 | אֲדֹנָי נֶגְדְּךָ כָל־תַּאֲוָתִי וְאַנְחָתִי מִמְּךָ לֹא־נִסְתָּרָה | A-do-n-ái ne-g-de-kha kál ta-a-va-tí; ve-an-kha-ta-tí mim-me-kha lo nis-ta-ráh. | O Lord, all my longing is before You; my sighing is not hidden from You. |
| 11 | לִבִּי סְחַרְחַר עֲזָבַנִי כֹחִי וְאוֹר־עֵינַי גַּם־הֵם אֵין אִתִּי | Lib-bí se-khar-khar ko-khí a-za-va-ní; ve-or e-n-ái gam hém ein it-tí. | My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes — it also has gone from me. |
| 12 | אֹהֲבַי וְרֵעַי מִנֶּגֶד נִגְעִי יַעֲמֹדוּ וּקְרוֹבַי מֵרָחֹק עָמָדוּ | O-ha-v-ái ve-re-e-ái mi-ne-géd ne-g-í-i ya-a-mó-du; uk-ro-v-ái me-ra-khók a-ma-dú. | My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off. |
| 13 | וַיְנַקְשׁוּ מְבַקְשֵׁי נַפְשִׁי וְדֹרְשֵׁי רָעָתִי דִּבְּרוּ הַוּוֹת וּמִרְמוֹת כָּל־הַיּוֹם יֶהְגּוּ | Va-ye-na-ke-shú me-vak-she-í naf-shí; ve-dor-shéi ra-a-tí di-be-rú ha-v-vót; u-mir-mo-t khál ha-yom ye-he-gú. | Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long. |
| 14 | וַאֲנִי כְחֵרֵשׁ לֹא אֶשְׁמָע וּכְאִלֵּם לֹא יִפְתַּח־פִּיו | Va-a-ní ke-khe-résh lo esh-má‘; u-che-il-lém lo yif-taákh pi-v. | But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth. |
| 15 | וָאֱהִי כְּאִישׁ אֲשֶׁר לֹא־שֹׁמֵעַ וְאֵין בְּפִיו תּוֹכָחוֹת | Va-e-hí ke-ísh a-shér lo sho-mé-a‘; ve-ein be-fi-v to-kha-khót. | I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes. |
| 16 | כִּי־לְךָ יְהוָה הוֹחָלְתִּי אַתָּה תַעֲנֶה אֲדֹנָי אֱלֹהָי | Ki le-kha Ado-nái ho-khal-tí; at-táh ta-a-néh A-do-n-ái E-lo-h-ái. | But for You, O the LORD, do I wait; it is You, O Lord my God, who will answer. |
| 17 | כִּי־אָמַרְתִּי פֶּן־יִשְׂמְחוּ־לִי בְּמוֹט רַגְלִי עָלַי הִגְדִּילוּ | Ki a-mar-tí pen yis-me-khú-li; be-mot rag-lí a-lái hig-dí-lu. | For I said, ‘Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!’ |
| 18 | כִּי־אֲנִי לְצֶלַע נָכוֹן וּמַכְאוֹבִי נֶגְדִּי תָמִיד | Ki a-ní le-tze-lá‘ na-khón; u-makh-o-ví neg-dí ta-míd. | For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me. |
| 19 | כִּי־עֲוֺנִי אַגִּיד אֶדְאַג מֵחַטָּאתִי | Ki a-vo-ní a-gíd; ed-a-géh me-kha-ta-a-tí. | I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. |
| 20 | וְאֹיְבַי חַיִּים עָצֵמוּ וְרַבּוּ שֹׂנְאַי שָׁקֶר | Ve-oy-v-ái kha-y-yím a-tze-mú; ve-ra-bú son-e-ái shé-ker. | But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully. |
| 21 | וּמְשַׁלְּמֵי רָעָה תַּחַת טוֹבָה יִשְׂטְנוּנִי תַּחַת רדופירדופירָדְפִי־טוֹב | Ve-sho-le-méi ra-a‘ ta-khaát to-váh yis-te-nú-ni ta-khaát rod-e-fí tóv. | Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good. |
| 22 | אַל־תַּעַזְבֵנִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהַי אַל־תִּרְחַק מִמֶּנִּי | Al ta-az-ve-ní Ado-nái; E-lo-h-ái al tir-khak mim-mé-ni. | Do not forsake me, O the LORD! O my God, be not far from me! |
| 23 | חוּשָׁה לְעֶזְרָתִי אֲדֹנָי תְּשׁוּעָתִי | Ku-sháh le-ez-ra-tí; A-do-nái te-shu-a-tí. | Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! |