O Lord, in your anger punish me not, in your wrath chastise me not ;
For your arrows have sunk deep in me, and your hand has come down
upon me.
There is no health in my flesh because of your indignation ; there is no
wholeness in my bones because of my sin,
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me ; they are like a heavy burden,
beyond my strength.
Noisome and festering are my sores because of my folly,
I am stooped and bowed down profoundly ; all the day I go in mourning,
For my loins are filled with burning pains ; there is no health in my flesh.
I am numbed and severely crushed ; I roar with anguish of heart.
O Lord, all my desire is before you ; from you my groaning is not hid.
My heart throbs ; my strength forsakes me ; the very light of my eyes has
failed me.
My friends and my companions stand back because of my affliction ; my
neighbors stand afar off.
Men lay snares for me seeking my life ; they look to my misfortune, they
speak of ruin, treachery they talk of all the day.
But I am like a deaf man, hearing not, like a dumb man who opens not his
mouth.
I am become like a man who neither hears nor has in his mouth a retort.
Because for you, O Lord, I wait ; you, O Lord my God, will answer
When I say, “Let them not be glad on my account who, when my foot
slips, glory over me.”
For I am very near to falling, and my grief is with me always.
Indeed, I acknowledge my guilt ; I grieve over my sin.
But my undeserved enemies are strong ; many are my foes without cause.
Those who repay evil for good harass me for pursuing good.
Forsake me not, O Lord ; my God, be not far from me!
Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
