1A Psalm by David, for a memorial.
2LORD, don't rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.
3For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.
4There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
5For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.
6My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.
7I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.
8For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.
9I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.
10Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.
11My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
12My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.
13They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.
14But I, as a deaf man, don't hear. I am as a mute man who doesn't open his mouth.
15Yes, I am as a man who doesn't hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.
16For I hope in you, LORD. You will answer, Lord my God.
17For I said, "Don't let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips."
18For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.
19For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.
20But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
21They who give evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.
22Don't forsake me, LORD. My God, don't be far from me.
23Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.
