1 O Lord, rebuke me not in Your wrath, neither chasten me in Your hot displeasure.

2 F or Your arrows have sunk into me and stick fast, and Your hand has come down upon me and pressed me sorely.

3 T here 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 F or my iniquities have gone over my head; as a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

5 M y 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 F or my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am faint and sorely bruised; I groan by reason of the disquiet and moaning of my heart.

9 L ord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You.

10 M y heart throbs, my strength fails me; as for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.

11 M y lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my neighbors and my near ones stand afar off.

12 T hey 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 B ut I, like a deaf man, hear not; and I am like a dumb man who opens not his mouth.

14 Y es, I have become like a man who hears not, in whose mouth are no arguments or replies.

15 F or in You, O Lord, do I hope; You will answer, O Lord my God.

16 F or I pray, Let them not rejoice over me, who when my foot slips boast against me.

17 F or I am ready to halt and fall; my pain and sorrow are continually before me.

18 F or I do confess my guilt and iniquity; I am filled with sorrow for my sin.

19 B ut my enemies are vigorous and strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20 T hey also that render evil for good are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.

21 F orsake me not, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me.

22 M ake haste to help me, O Lord, my Salvation.