^1aA Psalm of David to bring to remembrance.

^1bO Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger,

Nor chasten me in your fury.

²For your arrows rain down on me,

And your hand descends onto me.

³There is nothing unscathed in my flesh

On account of your indignation;

There is no peace in my bones

On account of my sin.

⁴For my iniquities extend beyond my head;

They weigh down like a burden too heavy for me.

⁵My scars are loathsome;

They are a flux because of my folly.

⁶I am buckled,

I have been brought low in the extreme;

I go mourning all day long.

⁷For my loins are full of inflammation,

And there is nothing unscathed in my flesh.

⁸I have become languid,

And I have been crushed in the extreme.

I roar with the growling of my heart.

⁹O Lord^*, all my yearning is set before you,

And my sighing is not concealed from you.

¹⁰My heart palpitates;

My strength has deserted me,

And the light of my eyes is not with me either.

¹¹Those who love me, and my friends, stand back at my plight,

And my acquaintances station themselves at a distance,

¹²While those who seek my life lay snares,

And those intent on harming me

Speak pernicious things

And contemplate deceitful plots all day long.

¹³But I, like a deaf person, do not hear it,

And like a mute person,

Who does not open his mouth.

¹⁴And I was like a man who did not hear it,

In whose mouth were no reproofs.

¹⁵For I have waited for you, O Lord.

You will answer, O Lord^* my God.

¹⁶For I have said,

“So that they do not rejoice over me,

Or triumph over me when my foot falters.”

¹⁷For I am on the point of keeling over,

And my grief is in front of me all the time.

¹⁸For I will confess my iniquity;

I am anxious about my sin.

¹⁹Meanwhile my enemies are alive

And have become strong.

And those who hate me on false grounds

Have become numerous.

²⁰And those who requite evil instead of good

Oppose me for my pursuit of good.

²¹Do not abandon me, O Lord;

O God of mine, do not be far from me.

²²Hasten to help me,

O Lord^* of my salvation.