Catholic Public Domain Version
"Remove your scourges from me. "
— Psalms 38:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.”
“My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off. ”
“My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.”
“Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away.”
“Remove thy scourges from me. The strength of thy hand hath made me faint in rebukes:”
“My lovers and my friends keep away from my disease; my relations keep far away.”
“My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.”
And now, what is it that awaits me? Is it not the Lord? And my substance is with you.
Rescue me from all my iniquities. You have handed me over as a reproach to the foolish.
I was silenced, and I did not open my mouth, because it was you who acted.
Remove your scourges from me.
I fall short at corrections from the strength of your hand. For you have chastised man for iniquity. And you have made his soul shrink away like a spider. Nevertheless, it is in vain that any man be disquieted.
O Lord, heed my prayer and my supplication. Pay attention to my tears. Do not be silent. For I am a newcomer with you, and a sojourner, just as all my fathers were.
Forgive me, so that I may be refreshed, before I will go forth and be no more.