Salmi 38:6-16

6 Io son tutto curvo e abbattuto, vo attorno tuttodì vestito a bruno.

7 Poiché i miei fianchi son pieni d’infiammazione, e non v’è nulla d’intatto nella mia carne.

8 Son tutto fiacco e rotto; io ruggisco per il fremito del mio cuore.

9 Signore, ogni mio desiderio è nel tuo cospetto, e i miei sospiri non ti son nascosti.

10 Il mio cuore palpita, la mia forza mi lascia, ed anche la luce de’ miei occhi m’è venuta meno.

11 I miei amici, i miei compagni stan lontani dalla mia piaga, e i miei prossimi si fermano da lungi.

12 Quelli che cercan la mia vita mi tendono reti, e quelli che procurano il mio male proferiscon cose maligne e tutto il giorno meditano frodi.

13 Ma io, come un sordo, non odo: son come un muto che non apre la bocca.

14 Son come un uomo che non ascolta, e nella cui bocca non è replica di sorta.

15 Poiché, in te io spero, o Eterno; tu risponderai, o Signore, Iddio mio!

16 Io ho detto: Non si rallegrino di me; e quando il mio piè vacilla, non s’innalzino superbi contro a me.

Salmi 38:6-16 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 38

\\<>\\. This psalm was composed by David under some sore affliction, and when in great distress of mind by reason of sin, perhaps his sin with Bathsheba; and was written as a memorial of his sense of sin, of his great afflictions, and deliverance from them; and therefore is said to be "to bring to remembrance", or to refresh his memory with the said things. Kimchi and Ben Melech think the psalm was made for the sake of such as are in distress, to put them in mind and teach them how to pray. The Targum calls the psalm, ``a good remembrance concerning Israel;'' and Jarchi says it was to remember the distress of Israel before the Lord, and that it is said with respect to all Israel; though others think the word "lehazcir" is the name of a psalm tune; and Aben Ezra was of opinion that it was the first word of some pleasant poem. The Septuagint version adds, ``concerning the sabbath,'' as if it was wrote to put persons in mind of that day; whereas there is nothing in the whole psalm that has any such tendency.