Aug 18, 2023
1 Lord, do
not rebuke me in your anger
or 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 me
like a burden too heavy to bear.
5 My
wounds fester and are loathsome
because 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 neighbors 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
gloat
or 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[b];
those who hate me without reason are
numerous.
20 Those who repay my good with
evil
lodge 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 Savior.