1 ¶ O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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

2 F or thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presses me sore.

For 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 thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

There 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 are gone over my head; as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

For my iniquities have gone over my head; as a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

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

My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.

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

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

7 F or my loins are filled with a loathsome disease, and there is no soundness in my flesh.

For my loins are filled with burning; and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am feeble and sore broken; I roar by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

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 thee, and my groaning is not hid from thee.

Lord, all my desire is before You; and my sighing is not hidden from You.

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

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

11 M y friends and my companions stand aloof from my sore, and my kinsmen stand afar off.

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; and my neighbors and my near ones stand afar off.

12 ¶ Those that seek after my life lay snares for me, and those that seek my hurt speak calamities and imagine deceits all the day long.

They 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, as a deaf man, that heard not, and as a dumb man that did not open his mouth.

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

14 T hus I was as a man that does not hear, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

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

15 F or thee, O LORD, do I wait; thou wilt respond, O Lord my God.

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

16 F or I said, Let them not rejoice over me; let them not magnify themselves against me when my foot slips.

For 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 my sorrow is continually before me.

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

18 T herefore I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

For I do confess my guilt and iniquity; I am filled with sorrow for my sin.

19 F or my enemies are alive, and they are strong, and those that hate me wrongfully are multiplied;

But my enemies are vigorous and strong, and those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20 r endering evil for good they are against me because I follow that which is good.

They 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.

Forsake me not, 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.