38:1 [] <> Kurie, mh me elegxhV en tw qumw sou, mhde en th orgh sou paideushV me.

38:2 Dioti ta belh sou enephcqhsan eiV eme kai h ceir sou katapiezei me.

38:3 Den uparcei ugeia en th sarki mou ex aitiaV thV orghV sou. den einai eirhnh eiV ta osta mou ex aitiaV thV amartiaV mou.

38:4 Dioti ai anomiai mou uperebhsan thn kefalhn mou× wV fortion baru uperebarunan ep' eme.

38:5 Ebrwmhsan kai esaphsan ai plhgai mou ex aitiaV thV anohsiaV mou.

38:6 Etalaipwrhqhn, ekurtwqhn eiV akron× olhn thn hmeran peripatw skuqrwpoV.

38:7 Dioti ta entosqia mou gemousi flogwsewV, kai den uparcei ugeia en th sarki mou.

38:8 Hsqenhsa kai kaq' uperbolhn katekophn× brucwmai apo thV adhmoniaV thV kardiaV mou.

38:9 Kurie, enwpion sou einai pasa h epiqumia mou, kai o stenagmoV mou den kruptetai apo sou.

38:10 H kardia mou tarattetai, h dunamiV mou me egkataleipei× kai to fwV twn ofqalmwn mou, kai auto den einai met' emou.

38:11 Oi filoi mou kai oi plhsion mou stekousin apenanti thV plhghV mou, kai oi plhsiesteroi mou stekousin apo makroqen.

38:12 [] Kai oi zhtounteV thn yuchn mou sthnousin eiV eme pagidaV× kai oi ekzhtounteV to kakon mou lalousi ponhra, kai meletwsi dolouV olhn thn hmeran.

38:13 All' egw wV kwfoV den hkouon kai hmhn wV afwnoV, mh anoigwn to stoma autou.

38:14 Kai hmhn wV anqrwpoV mh akouwn kai mh ecwn antilogian en tw stomati autou.

38:15 Dioti epi se, Kurie, hlpisa× su qeleiV mou eisakousei, Kurie o QeoV mou.

38:16 Epeidh eipa, AV mh carwsin ep' eme× otan olisqhsh o pouV mou, autoi megalaucousi kat' emou.

38:17 Dioti eimai etoimoV na pesw, kai o ponoV mou einai pantote emprosqen mou.

38:18 Epeidh egw qelw anaggellei thn anomian mou, qelw lupeisqai dia thn amartian mou.

38:19 All' oi ecqroi mou zwsin, uperiscuousi× kai eplhqunqhsan oi misounteV me adikwV.

38:20 Kai oi antapodidonteV kakon anti kalou einai enantioi mou, epeidh kunhgw to kalon.

38:21 Mh me egkataliphV, Kurie× Qee mou, mh apomakrunqhV ap' emou.