1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your angeror discipline me in your wrath.
2 Your arrows have pierced me,and your hand has come down on me.
3 Because of your wrath there is no health in my body;there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin.
4 My guilt has overwhelmed melike a burden too heavy to bear.
5 My wounds fester and are loathsomebecause of my sinful folly.
6 I am bowed down and brought very low;all day long I go about mourning.
7 My back is filled with searing pain;there is no health in my body.
8 I am feeble and utterly crushed;I groan in anguish of heart.
9 All my longings lie open before you, Lord:my sighing is not hidden from you.
10 My heart pounds, my strength fails me;even the light has gone from my eyes.
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;my neighbours stay far away.
12 Those who want to kill me set their traps,those who would harm me talk of my ruin;all day long they scheme and lie.
13 I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,like the mute, who cannot speak;
14 I have become like one who does not hear,whose mouth can offer no reply.
15 Lord, I wait for you;you will answer, Lord my God.
16 For I said, ‘Do not let them gloator exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.’
17 For I am about to fall,and my pain is ever with me.
18 I confess my iniquity;I am troubled by my sin.
19 Many have become my enemies without cause;those who hate me without reason are numerous.
20 Those who repay my good with evillodge accusations against me,though I seek only to do what is good.
21 Lord, do not forsake me;do not be far from me, my God.
22 Come quickly to help me,my Lord and my Saviour.