3 When I kept silent, my bones became brittle through my groaning all day long.
4 For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me. My strength was drained as in the droughts of summer. Selah
5 Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said: “I confess my transgressions to Adonai,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
6 So let everyone who is godly pray to You in a time when You may be found. When great floodwaters rise, they will not reach him.
7 You are my hiding place— You will protect me from distress. You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah
8 “I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go. I will give counsel—My eye is on you.
9 Do not be like the horse or the mule, which have no understanding, and must be held in with bit and bridle or they will not come to you.”