Psalms 37

¹A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath

²O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath

³For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me

⁴There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face of my sins

⁵For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me

⁶My sores have putrefied and been corrupted before the face of my foolishness

⁷I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long

⁸For my loins have been filled with illusions, and there is no health in my flesh

⁹I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart

¹⁰O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden

¹¹My heart has been disturbed. My strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes has abandoned me, and it is not with me

¹²My friends and my neighbors have drawn near and stood against me. And those who were next to me stood far apart. And those who sought my soul used violence

¹³And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long

¹⁴But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, not opening his mouth

¹⁵And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth

¹⁶For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God

¹⁷For I said, “Lest at any time, my enemies might rejoice over me,” and, “While my feet are being shaken, they have spoken great things against me.

¹⁸For I have been prepared for scourges, and my sorrow is ever before me

¹⁹For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin

²⁰But my enemies live, and they have been stronger than me. And those who have wrongfully hated me have been multiplied

²¹Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness

²²Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me

²³Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation