[1] LORD, do not punish me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. [2] For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has pressed down on me. [3] There is no soundness in my body because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. [4] For my iniquities have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear. [5] My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness. [6] I am bent over and brought very low; all day long I go around in mourning. [7] For my insides are full of burning pain, and there is no soundness in my body. [8] I am faint and severely crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart. [9] Lord, my every desire is in front of you; my sighing is not hidden from you. [10] My heart races, my strength leaves me, and even the light of my eyes has faded. [11] My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction, and my relatives stand at a distance. [12] Those who intend to kill me set traps, and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me; they plot treachery all day long. [13] I am like a deaf person; I do not hear. I am like a speechless person who does not open his mouth. [14] I am like a man who does not hear and has no arguments in his mouth. [15] For I put my hope in you, LORD; you will answer me, my Lord, my God. [16] For I said, "Don't let them rejoice over me- those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble." [17] For I am about to fall, and my pain is constantly with me. [18] So I confess my iniquity; I am anxious because of my sin. [19] But my enemies are vigorous and powerful; many hate me for no reason. [20] Those who repay evil for good attack me for pursuing good. [21] LORD, do not abandon me; my God, do not be far from me. [22] Hurry to help me, my Lord, my salvation.
