1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger,
or chasten me in Your wrath.
2 For Your arrows have sunk into me,
and Your hand has come down on me.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation;
there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
4 For I am overwhelmed by my sins,
they are a burden to me too heavy to bear.
5 My wounds grow foul and fester
because of my foolishness.
6 I am bowed down and utterly distraught;
all day long I go around mourning.
7 My loins are filled with burning pain,
and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and severely crushed;
I groan because of the anguish of my heart.
9 O LORD, all my longings lie open before You;
my sighing is not hidden from You.
10 My heart pounds, my strength fails me;
even the light has faded from my eyes.
11 My friends and companions remain aloof from my affliction,
and my kinsmen stand far off.
12 Those who seek my life lay snares for me,
those who seek to harm me speak of my ruin;
they plot treachery all day long.
13 But I am like a deaf man, who cannot hear;
and like a mute, who cannot speak.
14 I am like one who does not hear,
and whose mouth can bring no retort.
15But I wait for You, O LORD;
You will answer, O LORD my God.
16 For I said, “Do not let them rejoice over me,
or arrogantly boast against me when my foot slips.”
17 For I am ready to fall,
and my pain is constantly before me.
18 So I confess my iniquity;
I am in anguish over my sin.
19 But my enemies are vigorous and strong;
those who hate me without reason are many.
20 My enemies repay my good with evil,
because I pursue the good.
21 Do not forsake me, O LORD;
O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me,
O LORD my Saviour!