[1] A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. [2] For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. [3] There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin. [4] For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear. [5] My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly. [6] I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning. [7] For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body. [8] I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart. [9] O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You. [10] My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded. [11] My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance. [12] Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long. [13] But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth. [14] I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply. [15] I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God. [16] For I said, “Let them not gloat over me —those who taunt me when my foot slips.” [17] For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me. [18] Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. [19] Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason. [20] Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good. [21] Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God. [22] Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
