A Psalm of David, 1 to bring to remembrance. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 1) Or to make memorial
2For thine arrows 1 stick fast in me, And thy hand 1 presseth me sore. 1) Heb lighted on me
3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any 1 health in my bones because of my sin. 1) Or rest
4For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.
6I am 1 pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 1) Heb bent
7For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.
8I am faint and sore bruised: I have 1 groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart. 1) Heb roared
9Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.
10My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me ; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.
13But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.
14Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no 1 reproofs. 1) Or arguments
15For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.
16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.
17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.
19But mine enemies are lively, and are strong; And they that hate me 1 wrongfully are multiplied. 1) Heb falsely
20They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.
21Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.
22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.