1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5 My wounds stink 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 loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am feeble and sore 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 mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; 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 mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me.

22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

1 'n Psalm van Dawid, by die gedenkoffer.

2 o HERE, straf my nie in u toorn nie en kasty my nie in u grimmigheid nie.

3 Want u pyle het in my ingedring, en u hand het op my neergedaal.

4 Daar is geen heel plek in my vlees vanweë u grimmigheid nie; daar is niks gesond in my gebeente vanweë my sonde nie.

5 Want my ongeregtighede gaan oor my hoof; soos 'n swaar pak het hulle vir my te swaar geword.

6 My wonde stink, hulle dra vanweë my dwaasheid.

7 Ek is krom, heeltemal geboë; die hele dag gaan ek in die rou;

8 want my lendene is vol ontsteking, en daar is geen heel plek in my vlees nie.

9 Ek is kragteloos en heeltemal verbrysel; ek brul van die gebons van my hart.

10 Here, voor U is al my begeertes, en my gesug is vir U nie verborge nie.

11 My hart slaan vinnig, my krag het my verlaat; en die lig van my oë, ook dit is nie by my nie.

12 Die wat my liefhet en my vriende is, staan opsy vir my kwaal, en my nabestaandes het ver gaan staan;

13 en die wat my lewe soek, span strikke; en die wat my ongeluk soek, spreek van ondergang, en hulle bedink die hele dag bedrog.

14 Maar ek is soos 'n dowe: ek hoor nie, en soos 'n stomme wat sy mond nie oopmaak nie.

15 Ja, ek is soos 'n man wat nie hoor nie en in wie se mond geen teëspraak is nie;

16 want op U, HERE, wag ek; U sal verhoor, Here my God!

17 Want ek het gesê: Laat hulle net nie bly wees oor my nie! Hulle wat by die wankeling van my voet hul groot maak teen my!

18 Want ek is klaar om te val, en my smart is altyddeur voor my.

19 Ja, my ongeregtigheid bely ek, ek is bekommerd oor my sonde.

20 Maar my vyande lewe, hulle is magtig; en die wat my valslik haat, is groot in aantal.

21 En die wat kwaad vir goed vergeld, behandel my vyandig, omdat ek die goeie najaag.

22 Verlaat my nie, o HERE! My God, wees nie ver van my af nie! [ (Psalms 38:23) Maak tog gou om my te help, Here, my heil! ]