1 O Lord, do not speak sharp words to me when You are angry. Do not punish me in Your burning anger.

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

2 F or Your arrows have cut deep into me. And Your hand has come down upon me.

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

3 M y body is in pain because of Your anger. There is no strength in my bones because of my sin.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

4 F or my sins are gone over my head. Like a heavy load, they weigh too much for me.

For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5 M y sores smell and grow bigger because I do foolish things.

My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

6 I cannot stand straight but keep my head down. I have sorrow all day long

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

7 f or my body is filled with burning pain. There is no strength in my body.

For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am weak and broken. I cry because of the pain in my heart.

I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

9 L ord, all my desire is before You. And my breathing deep within is not hidden from You.

Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

10 M y heart beats fast. My strength leaves me. Even the light of my eyes has gone from me.

My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

11 M y loved ones and my friends stay away from me because of my sickness. My family stands far away.

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

12 T hose who want to take my life set their traps. And those who want to destroy me talk about ways to do it. They make their sinful plans all day long.

They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

13 B ut like a deaf man, I do not hear. I am like one who cannot speak and does not open his mouth.

But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14 Y es, I am like a man who does not hear, and whose mouth does not argue.

Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

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

For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

16 F or I said, “Do not let them be happy and raise themselves up against me when my foot trips.”

For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

17 F or I am ready to fall. And my sorrow is always with me.

For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

18 F or I tell my wrong-doings. I am full of sorrow because of my sin.

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

19 B ut those who fight against me are full of action and strength. There are many who hate me without reason.

But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20 T hey pay what is bad for what is good. They are against me because I follow what is good.

They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

21 D o not leave me alone, O Lord! O my God, do not be far from me!

Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.

22 H urry to help me, O Lord, Who saves me!

Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.