[1] O Lord, rebuke me not in Your wrath, neither chasten me in Your hot displeasure. [2] For Your arrows have sunk into me and stick fast, and Your hand has come down upon me and pressed me sorely. [3] There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; neither is there any health or rest in my bones because of my sin. [4] For my iniquities have gone over my head [like waves of a flood]; as a heavy burden they weigh too much for me. [5] My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness. [6] I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go about mourning all the day long. [7] For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh. [8] I am faint and sorely bruised [deadly cold and quite worn out]; I groan by reason 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, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me. [11] My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my neighbors and my near ones stand afar off. [12] They also that seek and demand my life lay snares for me, and they that seek and require my hurt speak crafty and mischievous things; they meditate treachery and deceit all the day long. [13] But I, like a deaf man, hear not; and I am like a dumb man who opens not his mouth. [14] Yes, I have become like a man who hears not, in whose mouth are no arguments or replies. [15] For in You, O Lord, do I hope; You will answer, O Lord my God. [16] For I pray, Let them not rejoice over me, who when my foot slips boast against me. [17] For I am ready to halt and fall; my pain and sorrow are continually before me. [18] For I do confess my guilt and iniquity; I am filled with sorrow for my sin. [19] But my enemies are vigorous and strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied. [20] They also that render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good. [21] Forsake me not, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me. [22] Make haste to help me, O Lord, my Salvation.
