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 presses 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 my iniquities are gone over my head; as a 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 roar 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 pants, my strength fails me; as for the light of my 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 friends and my companions 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.

¶ 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.

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, that heard not, and as a dumb man that did not open 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 does not hear, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

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

For thee, O LORD, do I wait; thou wilt respond, 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, Let them not rejoice over me; let them not magnify themselves against me when my foot slips.

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.

Therefore I will declare my 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.

For my enemies are alive, and they are strong, and those 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.

rendering evil for good they are against me because I follow that which is good.

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.