1 Lord, do not punish me in your anger

or discipline me in your wrath.  *

2 For your arrows have sunk into me,

and your hand has pressed down on me.  *

3 There is no soundness in my body

because of your indignation;

there is no health  * in my bones

because of my sin.  *

4 For my iniquities have flooded over my head;

they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.  *

5 My wounds are foul and festering

because of my foolishness.  *

6 I am bent over and brought very low;

all day long I go around in mourning.  *

7 For my insides are full of burning pain,

and there is no soundness in my body.  *

8 I am faint and severely crushed;

I groan because of the anguish of my heart.  *

9 Lord, my every desire is in front of you;

my sighing is not hidden from you.  *

10 My heart races, my strength leaves me,

and even the light of my eyes has faded.  *,*

11 My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,

and my relatives stand at a distance.  *

12 Those who intend to kill me set traps,

and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;

they plot treachery all day long.  *

13 I am like a deaf person; I do not hear.

I am like a speechless person

who does not open his mouth.  *

14 I am like a man who does not hear

and has no arguments in his mouth.  *

15 For I put my hope in you, Lord;

you will answer me, my Lord, my God.  *

16 For I said, "Don’t let them rejoice over me —

those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble."  *

17 For I am about to fall,

and my pain is constantly with me.  *

18 So I confess my iniquity;

I am anxious because of my sin.  *

19 But my enemies are vigorous and powerful;  *

many hate me for no reason.  *

20 Those who repay evil for good

attack me for pursuing good.  *

21 Lord, do not abandon me;

my God, do not be far from me.  *

22 Hurry to help me,

my Lord, my salvation.  *