[1] Please, LORD, don’t punish me when you are mad; don’t discipline me when you are furious. [2] Your arrows have pierced me; your fist has come down hard on me. [3] There’s nothing in my body that isn’t broken because of your rage; there’s no health in my bones because of my sin. [4] My wrongdoings are stacked higher than my head; they are a weight that’s way too heavy for me. [5] My wounds reek; they are all infected because of my stupidity. [6] I am hunched over, completely down; I wander around all day long, sad. [7] My insides are burning up; there’s nothing in my body that isn’t broken. [8] I’m worn out, completely crushed; I groan because of my miserable heart. [9] Everything I long for is laid out before you, my Lord; my sighs aren’t hidden from you. [10] My heart pounds; my strength abandons me. Even the light of my eyes is gone. [11] My loved ones and friends keep their distance from me in my sickness; those who were near me now stay far away. [12] Those who want me dead lay traps; those who want me harmed utter threats, muttering lies all day long. [13] But I’m like someone who is deaf, who can’t hear; like someone who can’t speak, whose mouth won’t open. [14] I’ve become like a person who doesn’t hear what is being said, whose mouth has no good comeback. [15] But I wait for you, LORD! You will answer, my Lord, my God! [16] Because I prayed: “Don’t let them celebrate over me or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips,” [17] because I’m very close to falling, and my pain is always with me. [18] Yes, I confess my wrongdoing; I’m worried about my sin. [19] But my mortal enemies are so strong; those who hate me for no reason seem countless. [20] Those who give, repay good with evil; they oppose me for pursuing good. [21] Don’t leave me all alone, LORD! Please, my God, don’t be far from me! [22] Come quickly and help me, my Lord, my salvation!
