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Psalm 38 :: Bible in Basic English (BBE)

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:1 - <A Psalm. Of David. To keep in memory.> O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:2 - For your arrows have gone into my flesh, and I am crushed under the weight of your hand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:3 - My flesh is wasted because of your wrath; and there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:4 - For my crimes have gone over my head; they are like a great weight which is more than my strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:5 - My wounds are poisoned and evil-smelling, because of my foolish behaviour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:6 - I am troubled, I am made low; I go weeping all the day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:7 - For my body is full of burning; all my flesh is unhealthy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:8 - I am feeble and crushed down; I gave a cry like a lion because of the grief in my heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:9 - Lord, all my desire is before you; my sorrow is not kept secret from you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:10 - My heart goes out in pain, my strength is wasting away; as for the light of my eyes, it is gone from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:11 - My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:12 - Those who have a desire to take my life put nets for me; those who are designing my destruction say evil things against me, all the day their minds are full of deceit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:13 - But I kept my ears shut like a man without hearing; like a man without a voice, never opening his mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:14 - So I was like a man whose ears are shut, and in whose mouth there are no sharp words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:15 - In you, O Lord, is my hope: you will give me an answer, O Lord, my God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:16 - I said, Let them not be glad over me; when my foot is moved, let them not be lifted up with pride against me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:17 - My feet are near to falling, and my sorrow is ever before me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:18 - I will make clear my wrongdoing, with sorrow in my heart for my sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:19 - But they are strong who have hate for me without cause: those who are against me falsely are increased in numbers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:20 - They give me back evil for good; they are my haters because I go after the thing which is right.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:21 - Do not give me up, O Lord; O my God, be near to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:22 - Come quickly to give me help, O Lord, my salvation.
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The Bible in Basic English was translated by Professor Samuel Henry Hooke (1874-1968)
This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Psalm Chapter 38 — Additional Translations:

King James Version New King James Version New Living Translation New International Version English Standard Version Christian Standard Bible New American Standard Bible 2020 New American Standard Bible 1995 Legacy Standard Bible Amplified Bible New English Translation Revised Standard Version American Standard Version Young's Literal Translation Darby Translation Webster's Bible Hebrew Names Version Latin Vulgate Westminster Leningrad Codex Septuagint Smith Van Dyck Arabic Bible Open New Arabic Version Brenton's English Septuagint Reina Valera 1909 Reina-Valera 1960 Chinese Traditional Union Espanol Moderno Korean Holy Bible Louis Segond German Luther Russian Synodal Translation Sagradas Escrituras