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

O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor 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.

For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down.

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.

There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health 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.

For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5 M y wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.

My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness.

6 I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go about mourning all the day long.

I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

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

For my loins are full of inflammation, 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.

I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.

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

Lord, 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.

My heart pants, my strength fails me; As for the light of my eyes, it also has 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.

My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives 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.

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

But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.

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

Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response.

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

For in You, O Lord, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God.

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

For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.”

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

For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

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

For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin.

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

But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.

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

Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.

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

Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me!

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

Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!