1 O Lord, do not rebuke or punish me in Your anger,

Nor discipline me in Your wrath.

2 Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am weak (faint, frail);

Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed and anguished.

3 My soul [as well as my body] is greatly dismayed.

But as for You, O Lord—how long [until You act on my behalf]?

4 Return, O Lord, rescue my soul;

Save me because of Your [unfailing] steadfast love and mercy.

5 For in death there is no mention of You;

In Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) who will praise You and give You thanks?

6 I am weary with my groaning;

Every night I soak my bed with tears,

I drench my couch with my weeping.

7 My eye grows dim with grief;

It grows old because of all my enemies.

8 Depart from me, all you who do evil,

For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. [Matt 7:23; Luke 13:27]

9 The Lord has heard my supplication [my plea for grace];

The Lord receives my prayer.

10 Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly horrified;

Let them turn back, let them suddenly be ashamed [of what they have done].