[1] O LORD, do not angrily punish me or discipline me in your wrath. [2] Your arrows have struck me. Your hand has struck me hard. [3] No healthy spot is left on my body because of your rage. There is no peace in my bones because of my sin. [4] My guilt has overwhelmed me. Like a heavy load, it is more than I can bear. [5] My wounds smell rotten. They fester because of my stupidity. [6] I am bent over and bowed down very low. All day I walk around in mourning. [7] My insides are filled with burning pain, and no healthy spot is left on my body. [8] I am numb and completely devastated. I roar because my heart's in turmoil. [9] You know all my desires, O Lord, and my groaning has not been hidden from you. [10] My heart is pounding. I have lost my strength. Even the light of my eyes has left me. [11] My loved ones and my friends keep their distance and my relatives stand far away because of my sickness. [12] Those who seek my life lay traps for me. Those who are out to harm me talk about ruining me. All day long they think of ways to deceive me. [13] But I am like a person who cannot hear and like a person who cannot speak. [14] I am like one who cannot hear and who can offer no arguments. [15] But I wait with hope for you, O LORD. You will answer, O Lord, my God. [16] I said, "Do not let them gloat over me. When my foot slips, do not let them promote themselves at my expense." [17] I am ready to fall. I am continually aware of my pain. [18] I confess my guilt. My sin troubles me. [19] My mortal enemies are growing stronger. Many hate me for no reason. [20] They pay me back with evil instead of good, and they accuse me because I try to do what is good. [21] Do not abandon me, O LORD. O my God, do not be so distant from me. [22] Come quickly to help me, O Lord, my savior.
