1 O lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot
2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither
4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden
5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no
8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the
9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my
12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that
14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no
15 For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me:
17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that
20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries;
21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.
22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.