2. For your arrows pierce me,and your hand presses me down.
3. My whole body is sick because of your judgment;I am deprived of health because of my sin.
4. For my sins overwhelm me;like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.
5. My wounds are infected and starting to smell,because of my foolish sins.
6. I am dazed and completely humiliated;all day long I walk around mourning.
7. For I am overcome with shameand my whole body is sick.
8. I am numb with pain and severely battered;I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.
9. O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire;my groaning is not hidden from you.
10. My heart beats quickly;my strength leaves me;I can hardly see.
11. Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance;my neighbors stand far away.
12. Those who seek my life try to entrap me;those who want to harm me speak destructive words;all day long they say deceitful things.
13. But I am like a deaf man – I hear nothing;I am like a mute who cannot speak.
14. I am like a man who cannot hearand is incapable of arguing his defense.
15. Yet I wait for you, O Lord!You will respond, O Lord, my God!