1 O Lord, rebuke me not in Your wrath, And chasten me not in Your burning anger.

2 F or Your arrows have sunk deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down on me.

3 T here is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin.

4 F or my iniquities are gone over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.

5 M y wounds grow foul and fester Because of my folly.

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

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

8 I am benumbed and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation 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; And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.

11 M y loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.

12 T hose who seek my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to injure me have threatened destruction, And they devise treachery all day long.

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

14 Y es, I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no arguments.

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

16 F or I said, “May they not rejoice over me, Who, when my foot slips, would magnify themselves against me.”

17 F or I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

18 F or I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.

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

20 A nd those who repay evil for good, They oppose me, because I follow what is good.

21 D o not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, do not be far from me!

22 M ake haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!