## Psalms Chapter 38

###### Psalms 38:1
[Psalms 38:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:1)

מִזְמ֖וֹר לְדָוִ֣ד לְהַזְכִּֽיר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
A Psalm of David, for invocation.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
A psalm of David, to recite [(in time of affliction)].


###### Psalms 38:2
[Psalms 38:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:2)

יְֽהֹוָ֗ה אַל־בְּקֶצְפְּךָ֥ תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי וּֽבַחֲמָתְךָ֥ תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Lord, rebuke me not in Thy wrath: nor chasten me in Thy hot displeasure.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, do not chastise me in Your wrath and [do not] afflict me in Your anger.


###### Psalms 38:3
[Psalms 38:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:3)

כִּֽי־חִ֭צֶּיךָ נִ֣חֲתוּ בִ֑י וַתִּנְחַ֖ת עָלַ֣י יָדֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Thy arrows stick fast in me, and Thy hand presses me sore.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For Your arrows have descended upon me; Your hand has descended upon me.


###### Psalms 38:4
[Psalms 38:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:4)

אֵין־מְתֹ֣ם בִּ֭בְשָׂרִי מִפְּנֵ֣י זַעְמֶ֑ךָ אֵין־שָׁל֥וֹם בַּ֝עֲצָמַ֗י מִפְּנֵ֥י חַטָּאתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There is no soundness in my flesh because of Thy anger; nor is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There is no whole spot in my flesh in the face of Your ire; there is no peace in my bones in the face of [Your punishment for] my sins.


###### Psalms 38:5
[Psalms 38:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:5)

כִּ֣י עֲ֭וֺנֹתַי עָבְר֣וּ רֹאשִׁ֑י כְּמַשָּׂ֥א כָ֝בֵ֗ד יִכְבְּד֥וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For my iniquities are gone over my head: like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For my transgressions have risen above my head. Like a heavy burden, they have become too heavy for me [to sustain].


###### Psalms 38:6
[Psalms 38:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:6)

הִבְאִ֣ישׁוּ נָ֭מַקּוּ חַבּוּרֹתָ֑י מִ֝פְּנֵ֗י אִוַּלְתִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My wounds stink; they fester because of my foolishness.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My wounds have oozed forth and putrefied [my flesh] because of my wrongdoing.


###### Psalms 38:7
[Psalms 38:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:7)

נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי שַׁחֹ֣תִי עַד־מְאֹ֑ד כׇּל־הַ֝יּ֗וֹם קֹדֵ֥ר הִלָּֽכְתִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have become convulsed and terribly bent. I have gone about in darkness all the day.


###### Psalms 38:8
[Psalms 38:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:8)

כִּֽי־כְ֭סָלַי מָלְא֣וּ נִקְלֶ֑ה וְאֵ֥ין מְ֝תֹ֗ם בִּבְשָׂרִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For my loins are filled with burning: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For my thoughts are full of abashment and there is no whole spot in my flesh.


###### Psalms 38:9
[Psalms 38:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:9)

נְפוּג֣וֹתִי וְנִדְכֵּ֣יתִי עַד־מְאֹ֑ד שָׁ֝אַ֗גְתִּי מִֽנַּהֲמַ֥ת לִבִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I am feeble and sore broken: I groan by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
I have become terribly faint and downtrodden, and I cry out from a groaning heart.


###### Psalms 38:10
[Psalms 38:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:10)

אֲֽדֹנָ֗י נֶגְדְּךָ֥ כׇל־תַּאֲוָתִ֑י וְ֝אַנְחָתִ֗י מִמְּךָ֥ לֹֽא־נִסְתָּֽרָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Lord, all my desire is before Thee; and my sighing is not hid from Thee.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
O L rd, all of my desire is before You and my sigh is not hidden from You.


###### Psalms 38:11
[Psalms 38:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:11)

לִבִּ֣י סְ֭חַרְחַר עֲזָבַ֣נִי כֹחִ֑י וְֽאוֹר־עֵינַ֥י גַּם־הֵ֝֗ם אֵ֣ין אִתִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My heart palpitates, my strength fails me: as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My heart is beset [with sorrows]; my strength has left me; and the light of my eyes, too, is not with me.


###### Psalms 38:12
[Psalms 38:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:12)

אֹֽהֲבַ֨י**׀** וְרֵעַ֗י מִנֶּ֣גֶד נִגְעִ֣י יַעֲמֹ֑דוּ וּ֝קְרוֹבַ֗י מֵרָחֹ֥ק עָמָֽדוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
My ["fair-weather"] lovers and friends stand apace from my afflictions, and my close ones stand far off.


###### Psalms 38:13
[Psalms 38:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:13)

וַיְנַקְשׁ֤וּ**׀** מְבַקְשֵׁ֬י נַפְשִׁ֗י וְדֹרְשֵׁ֣י רָ֭עָתִי דִּבְּר֣וּ הַוּ֑וֹת וּ֝מִרְמ֗וֹת כׇּל־הַיּ֥וֹם יֶהְגּֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And they who seek after my life lay snares for me: and they who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The seekers of my soul have set traps [against me], and those who seek evil for me have schemed destruction and plotted deceit the entire day.


###### Psalms 38:14
[Psalms 38:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:14)

וַאֲנִ֣י כְ֭חֵרֵשׁ לֹ֣א אֶשְׁמָ֑ע וּ֝כְאִלֵּ֗ם לֹ֣א יִפְתַּח־פִּֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But I, like a deaf man, hear not; and like a dumb man that opens not his mouth.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I [(Israel)] was like a deaf man, not hearing [their taunts]; and as a mute, not opening his mouth.


###### Psalms 38:15
[Psalms 38:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:15)

וָאֱהִ֗י כְּ֭אִישׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹֽא־שֹׁמֵ֑עַ וְאֵ֥ין בְּ֝פִ֗יו תּוֹכָחֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus I was like a man that hears not, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And I was like one unhearing, with no rebuke in his mouth.


###### Psalms 38:16
[Psalms 38:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:16)

כִּֽי־לְךָ֣ יְהֹוָ֣ה הוֹחָ֑לְתִּי אַתָּ֥ה תַ֝עֲנֶ֗ה אֲדֹנָ֥י אֱלֹהָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For in Thee, O Lord, I hope: Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I waited for You, O L rd; that You answer them, O L rd, my G d.


###### Psalms 38:17
[Psalms 38:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:17)

כִּֽי־אָ֭מַרְתִּי פֶּן־יִשְׂמְחוּ־לִ֑י בְּמ֥וֹט רַ֝גְלִ֗י עָלַ֥י הִגְדִּֽילוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I said, Lest they should rejoice over me: when my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I said: Lest [(if I answer them audaciously)] they will rejoice over me if my feet slip [i.e., at my downfall], aggrandizing [themselves (saying: "Where is all your boasting now!")]


###### Psalms 38:18
[Psalms 38:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:18)

כִּֽי־אֲ֭נִי לְצֶ֣לַע נָכ֑וֹן וּמַכְאוֹבִ֖י נֶגְדִּ֣י תָמִֽיד׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I am ready to stumble, and my pain is continually before me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I am conversant with calamity and my pain is before me [(awaiting materialization)] always.


###### Psalms 38:19
[Psalms 38:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:19)

כִּֽי־עֲוֺנִ֥י אַגִּ֑יד אֶ֝דְאַ֗ג מֵ֖חַטָּאתִֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For I relate my transgression [i.e., my heart apprises me of it, wherefore] I am [always] worried [(over impending punishment)] for my sin.


###### Psalms 38:20
[Psalms 38:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:20)

וְֽ֭אֹיְבַי חַיִּ֣ים עָצֵ֑מוּ וְרַבּ֖וּ שֹׂנְאַ֣י שָֽׁקֶר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
But my enemies are in vigorous life; and they who hate me wrongfully are many.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
And my foes revel in life [(in tranquility and well-being)], and my haters for falsehood [(i.e., for naught)] have multiplied.


###### Psalms 38:21
[Psalms 38:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:21)

וּמְשַׁלְּמֵ֣י רָ֭עָה תַּ֣חַת טוֹבָ֑ה יִ֝שְׂטְנ֗וּנִי תַּ֣חַת (רדופי) [רׇֽדְפִי־]טֽוֹב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They also who render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow what is good.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
As have those who repay evil for good. They hate me [(Israel)] for my pursuit of good [i.e., for cleaving to the L rd and His mitzvoth].


###### Psalms 38:22
[Psalms 38:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:22)

אַל־תַּעַזְבֵ֥נִי יְהֹוָ֑ה אֱ֝לֹהַ֗י אַל־תִּרְחַ֥ק מִמֶּֽנִּי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Do not forsake me, O L rd, my G d; do not go far from me.


###### Psalms 38:23
[Psalms 38:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Psalms/r/38:23)

ח֥וּשָׁה לְעֶזְרָתִ֑י אֲ֝דֹנָ֗י תְּשׁוּעָתִֽי׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Hasten to my aid, O L rd of my salvation.