1O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger. Do not punish me in your burning displeasure.
2For your arrows have sunk deep into me, and your hand presses hard on me.
3There is no health in my body because of your anger. There is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
4For my sins have gone over my head. Like a heavy load, they are too heavy for me.
5My wounds stink and are rotten because of my foolishness.
6I am troubled; I am bowed down very low. I go about mourning all day long.
7For my body is filled with a sickening disease, and there is no health in my flesh.
8I am weak and badly broken. I have cried out loud because my heart is in turmoil.
9Lord, all that I long for is before you, and my groaning is not hidden from you.
10My heart pounds, my strength fails me. Even the light of my eyes has gone from me.
11Those who love me and my friends keep away from my wounds, and my relatives stand far off.
12Those who want to take my life set traps for me. Those who want to harm me speak of ruin, and plot lies all day long.
13But I was like a deaf man, and did not hear. I was like a man who cannot speak, who does not open his mouth.
14So I was like a man who does not hear, and who has no answer in his mouth.
15For in you, O LORD, I hope. You will answer, O Lord my God.
16For I said, "Hear me, or else they will gloat over me. When my foot slips, they boast against me."
17For I am ready to fall, and my sorrow is always before me.
18For I will confess my sin. I will be sorry for my sin.
19But my enemies are lively, and they are strong. Those who hate me without cause are many.
20Those who pay back evil for good are against me, because I follow what is good.
21Do not leave me, O LORD. O my God, do not be far from me.
22Hurry to help me, O Lord my salvation.