The Book of Psalms 38 |
The Douay-Rheims Version Online Bible (DRV) |
Psalms 38:1 | Unto the end, for Idithun himself, a canticle of David. |
Psalms 38:2 | I said: I will take heed to my ways : that I sin not with my tongue. I have set guard to my mouth, when the sinner stood against me. |
Psalms 38:3 | I was dumb, and was humbled, and kept silence from good things : and my sorrow was renewed. |
Psalms 38:4 | My heart grew hot within me : and in my meditation a fire shall flame out. |
Psalms 38:5 | I spoke with my tongue : O Lord, make me know my end. And what is the number of my days : that I may know what is wanting to me. |
Psalms 38:6 | Behold thou hast made my days measurable : and my substance is as nothing before thee. And indeed all things are vanity : every man living. |
Psalms 38:7 | Surely man passeth as an image : yea, and he is disquieted in vain. He storeth up : and he knoweth not for whom he shall gather these things. |
Psalms 38:8 | And now what is my hope? is it not the Lord? and my substance is with thee. |
Psalms 38:9 | Deliver thou me from all my iniquities : thou hast made me a reproach to the fool. |
Psalms 38:10 | I was dumb, and I opened not my mouth, because thou hast done it. |
Psalms 38:11 | Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes: |
Psalms 38:12 | thou hast corrected man for iniquity. And thou hast made his soul to waste away like a spider : surely in vain is any man disquieted. |
Psalms 38:13 | Hear my prayer, O Lord, and my supplication : give ear to my tears. Be not silent : for I am a stranger with thee, and a sojourner as all my fathers were. |
Psalms 38:14 | O forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go hence, and be no more. |