Psalms 38 - Compare Translations
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Psalms 38:1
KJVO Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
WEBYahweh, don’t rebuke me in your wrath,
YLTA Psalm of David, `To cause to remember.' Jehovah, in Thy wrath reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.
Psalms 38:2
KJVFor thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
WEBFor your arrows have pierced me,
YLTFor Thine arrows have come down on me, And Thou lettest down upon me Thy hand.
Psalms 38:3
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,
YLTSoundness is not in my flesh, Because of Thine indignation, Peace is not in my bones because of my sin.
Psalms 38:4
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.
YLTFor mine iniquities have passed over my head, As a heavy burden -- too heavy for me.
Psalms 38:5
KJVMy wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
WEBMy wounds are loathsome and corrupt,
YLTStunk -- become corrupt have my wounds, Because of my folly.
Psalms 38:6
KJVI am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
WEBI am pained and bowed down greatly.
YLTI have been bent down, I have been bowed down -- unto excess, All the day I have gone mourning.
Psalms 38:7
KJVFor my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.
WEBFor my waist is filled with burning.
YLTFor my flanks have been full of drought, And soundness is not in my flesh.
Psalms 38:8
KJVI am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
WEBI am faint and severely bruised.
YLTI have been feeble and smitten -- unto excess, I have roared from disquietude of heart.
Psalms 38:9
KJVLord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.
WEBLord, all my desire is before you.
YLTLord, before Thee [is] all my desire, And my sighing from Thee hath not been hid.
Psalms 38:10
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Psalms 38:11
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.
YLTMy lovers and my friends over-against my plague stand. And my neighbours afar off have stood.
Psalms 38:12
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.
YLTAnd those seeking my soul lay a snare, And those seeking my evil Have spoken mischievous things, And they do deceits meditate all the day.
Psalms 38:13
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.
YLTAnd I, as deaf, hear not. And as a dumb one who openeth not his mouth.
Psalms 38:14
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,
YLTYea, I am as a man who heareth not, And in his mouth are no reproofs.
Psalms 38:15
KJVFor in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
WEBFor in you, Yahweh, do I hope.
YLTBecause for Thee, O Jehovah, I have waited, Thou dost answer, O Lord my God.
Psalms 38:16
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,
YLTWhen I said, `Lest they rejoice over me, In the slipping of my foot against me they magnified themselves.
Psalms 38:17
KJVFor I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
WEBFor I am ready to fall.
YLTFor I am ready to halt, And my pain [is] before me continually.
Psalms 38:18
KJVFor I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
WEBFor I will declare my iniquity.
YLTFor mine iniquity I declare, I am sorry for my sin.
Psalms 38:19
KJVBut mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.
WEBBut my enemies are vigorous and many.
YLTAnd mine enemies [are] lively, They have been strong, and those hating me without cause, Have been multiplied.
Psalms 38:20
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Psalms 38:21
KJVForsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.
WEBDon’t forsake me, Yahweh.
YLTDo not forsake me, O Jehovah, My God, be not far from me,
Psalms 38:22
KJVMake haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
WEBHurry to help me,
YLTHaste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
22 verses compared across 3 translations - KJV, WEB, YLT