1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath; Neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.2 For your arrows pierce into me, And your hand presses me intensely.3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; Neither is there any health 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 loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.6 I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.7 For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.8 I am faint and very bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.9 Lord, all my desire is before you; And my groaning is not hid from you.10 My heart throbs, my strength fails me: As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.11 My friends and my companions stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand far off.12 Those also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.13 But I, as a deaf man, don't hear; And I am as a mute man who does not open his mouth.14 Yes, I am as a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.15 For in you, O Yahweh, I hope: You will answer, O Lord my God.16 For I said, Or else they will rejoice over me: When my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me.17 For I am ready to fall, 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] are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied.20 They also that render evil for good Are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good.21 Don't forsake me, O Yahweh: O my God, don't be far from me.22 Hurry to help me, O Lord, my salvation.