1 | A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. |
2 | For thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth heavy upon me. |
3 | There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. |
4 | For my iniquities have gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. |
5 | My wounds are offensive, and are corrupt because of my foolishness. |
6 | I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. |
7 | For my loins are filled with a lothsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. |
8 | I am feeble and grievously broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. |
9 | Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. |
10 | My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me. |
11 | My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; and my kinsmen stand afar off. |
12 | They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. |
13 | But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. |
14 | Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. |
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: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. |
17 | For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. |
18 | For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. |
19 | But my enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. |
20 | They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that is good. |
21 | Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. |
22 | Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. |