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O LORD, do not a rebuke me in Your wrath,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!
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For Your arrows pierce me deeply,
And Your hand presses me down.
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There is no soundness in my flesh
Because of Your anger,
Nor any health in my bones
Because of my sin.
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For my iniquities have gone over my head;
Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
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My wounds are foul and festering
Because of my foolishness.
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I am 1 troubled, I am bowed down greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.
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For my loins are full of inflammation,
And there is no soundness in my flesh.
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I am feeble and severely broken;
I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
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Lord, all my desire is before You;
And my sighing is not hidden from You.
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My heart pants, my strength fails me;
As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.
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My loved ones and my friends b stand aloof from my plague,
And my relatives stand afar off.
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Those also who seek my life lay snares for me;
Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction,
And plan deception all the day long.
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But I, like a deaf man, do not hear;
And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.
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Thus I am like a man who does not hear,
And in whose mouth is no response.
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For 2 in You, O LORD, c I hope;
You will 3 hear, O Lord my God.
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For I said, "Hear me, lest they rejoice over me,
Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me."
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d For I am ready to fall,
And my sorrow is continually before me.
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For I will e declare my iniquity;
I will be f in 4 anguish over my sin.
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But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong;
And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.
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Those also g who render evil for good,
They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.
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Do not forsake me, O LORD;
O my God, h be not far from me!
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Make haste to help me,
O Lord, my salvation!