[1] O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure! [2] For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down. [3] There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin. [4] For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. [5] My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness. [6] I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. [7] For my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh. [8] I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart. [9] Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. [10] My heart pants, my strength fails me; As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me. [11] My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off. [12] Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, And plan deception all the day long. [13] But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth. [14] Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response. [15] For in You, O LORD, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God. [16] For I said, "Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me." [17] For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. [18] For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin. [19] But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied. [20] Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good. [21] Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me! [22] Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
