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

O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

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

For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.

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 thine indignation; Neither is there any health 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 mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy 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 pained and bowed down greatly; I go 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 sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness 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 thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.

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

My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine 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 kinsmen 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 after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits 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, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

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

Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

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

For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt 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 said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

17 F or I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

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

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

For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

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

But mine enemies are lively, and are strong; And they that 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 unto 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 Jehovah: 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.