[1] O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath! [2] For thy arrows have sunk into me, and thy hand has come down on me. [3] There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. [4] For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me. [5] My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness, [6] I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning. [7] For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. [8] I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart. [9] Lord, all my longing is known to thee, my sighing is not hidden from thee. [10] My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes-it also has gone from me. [11] My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off. [12] Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long. [13] But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth. [14] Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes. [15] But for thee, O LORD, do I wait; it is thou, O LORD my God, who wilt answer. [16] For I pray, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!" [17] For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me. [18] I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin. [19] Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully. [20] Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good. [21] Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me! [22] Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
