[1] O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure. [2] For Your arrows pierce me, and Your hand presses down on me. [3] There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation, nor is there health in my bones because of my sin. [4] For my iniquities have passed over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. [5] My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness. [6] I am bent, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. [7] For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. [8] I am numb and completely crushed; I have roared because of the groaning 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 friends and my companions stand back because of my affliction, and those close to me stand at a distance. [12] The people who seek my life strike at me; those who seek my harm speak destruction, and plan treacheries all the day long. [13] But I, like a deaf man, did not hear; and like a dumb man, did not open my mouth. [14] Thus I was as a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. [15] For in You, O LORD, do I hope; You will answer, O Lord my God. [16] For I said, "Lest otherwise they should rejoice over me. When my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me." [17] For I am ready to stumble, and my pain is continually before me. [18] For I will declare my iniquity; I am anxious because of my sin. [19] But my enemies are lively, and they are strong; and those who wrongfully hate me are many. [20] Those also who repay evil for good are my adversaries, because I pursue 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.
