1. Please, Lord, don’t punish me when you are mad;don’t discipline me when you are furious.
2. Your arrows have pierced me;your fist has come down hard on me.
3. There’s nothing in my body that isn’t brokenbecause of your rage;there’s no health in my bonesbecause of my sin.
4. My wrongdoings are stacked higher than my head;they are a weight that’s way too heavy for me.
5. My wounds reek; they are all infectedbecause of my stupidity.
6. I am hunched over, completely down;I wander around all day long, sad.
7. My insides are burning up;there’s nothing in my body that isn’t broken.
8. I’m worn out, completely crushed;I groan because of my miserable heart.
9. Everything I long for is laid out before you, my Lord;my sighs aren’t hidden from you.
10. My heart pounds; my strength abandons me.Even the light of my eyes is gone.