Salmos 38

A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.

1O LORD , rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Assim como um menino chora ante seu pai, Davi também o fez ante Deus. Davi não dizia: "Não me castigue", a não ser: "Não me castigue enquanto esteja zangado". Reconheceu que merecia o castigo, mas pediu que Deus moderasse sua disciplina com misericórdia. Como filhos, somos livres de pedir misericórdia, mas não devemos negar que merecemos o castigo.Este salmo se chama penitencial porque Davi expressou verdadeiro arrependimento por seu pecado (38.18). Declarou que seu pecado o levou a ter problemas de saúde (38.1-8) e que o separou de Deus e de outros, lhe causando uma solidão extrema (38.9-14). Logo confessou seu pecado e se arrependeu (38.15-22).

2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

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4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

12They 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.

13But I, as a deaf man , heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15For in thee, O LORD , do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

16For I said, Hear me , lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is .

21Forsake me not, O LORD : O my God, be not far from me.

22Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.