1A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath; Neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. 2For your arrows pierce into me, And your hand presses me intensely. 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. 4For my iniquities have 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 pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh. 8I am faint and very bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart. 9Lord, all my desire is before you; And my groaning is not hid from you. 10My heart throbs, my strength fails me: As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me. 11My friends and my companions stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand far off. 12Those also that seek after my life lay snares [for me]; And those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long. 13But I, as a deaf man, don't hear; And I am as a mute man who does not open his mouth. 14Yes, I am as a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no reproofs. 15For in you, O Yahweh, I hope: You will answer, O Lord my God. 16For I said, Or else they will rejoice over me: When my foot slips, they magnify themselves against me. 17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. 18For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. 19But my enemies are lively, [and] are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully are multiplied. 20They also that render evil for good Are adversaries to me, because I follow the thing that is good. 21Don't forsake me, O Yahweh: O my God, don't be far from me. 22Hurry to help me, O Lord, my salvation.