1. Lord, do not punish me in Your angeror 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 health in my bodybecause of Your indignation;there is no strength in my bonesbecause of my sin.
4. For my sins have flooded over my head;they are a burden too heavy for me to bear.
5. My wounds are foul and festeringbecause of my foolishness.
6. I am bent over and brought low;all day long I go around in mourning.
7. For my loins are full of burning pain,and there is no health 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 known to 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 seek my life 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 personwho does not open his mouth.
14. I am like a man who does not hearand has no arguments in his mouth.
15. I put my hope in You, Lord;You will answer, 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 guilt;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 goodattack me for pursuing good.
21. Lord, do not abandon me;my God, do not be far from me.
22. Hurry to help me,Lord, my Savior.