[1] O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor discipline me in Your burning anger. [2] For Your arrows have sunk into me and penetrate deeply, And Your hand has pressed down on me and greatly disciplined me. [3] There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin. [4] For my iniquities have gone over my head [like the waves of a flood]; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me. [5] My wounds are loathsome and foul Because of my foolishness. [6] I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go about mourning all day long. [7] For my sides are filled with burning, And there is no health in my flesh. [8] I am numb and greatly bruised [deadly cold and completely worn out]; I groan because of the disquiet and moaning of my heart. [9] Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. [10] My heart throbs violently, my strength fails me; And as for the light of my eyes, even that has also gone from me. [11] My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my neighbors stand far away. [12] Those who seek my life lay snares for me, And those who seek to injure me threaten mischievous things and destruction; They devise treachery all the day long. [13] But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth. [14] Yes, I am like a man who does not hear, In whose mouth are no arguments. [15] For in You, O LORD, I hope; You will answer, O Lord my God. [16] For I pray, “May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would boast against me.” [17] For I am ready to fall; My sorrow is continually before me. [18] For I do confess my guilt and iniquity; I am filled with anxiety because of my sin. [19] But my [numerous] enemies are vigorous and strong, And those who hate me without cause are many. [20] They repay evil for good, they attack and try to kill me, Because I follow what is good. [21] Do not abandon me, O LORD; O my God, do not be far from me. [22] Make haste to help me, O Lord, my Salvation.
