1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!

2 F or Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down.

3 T here 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; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5 M y wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness.

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

7 F or my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 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.

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

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

12 T hose 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, do not hear; And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.

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

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

16 F or 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 fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

18 F or I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin.

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

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

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

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