1 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

1 ¶ O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath:
Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore.

2 ¶ For thine arrows stick fast in me,
And thy hand presseth me sore.

3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

3 ¶ There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation;
Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

4 For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

4 ¶ For mine iniquities are gone over mine head:
As an heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5 My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

5 ¶ My wounds stink and are corrupt,
Because of my foolishness.

6 I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

6 ¶ I am pained and bowed down greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.

7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

7 ¶ For my loins are filled with burning;
And there is no soundness in my flesh.

8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

8 ¶ I am faint and sore bruised:
I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.

9 ¶ Lord, all my desire is before thee;
And my groaning is not hid from thee.

10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

10 ¶ My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me:
As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.

11 ¶ My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague;
And my kinsmen stand afar off.

12 They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long.

12 ¶ They also that seek after my life lay snares for me;
And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things,
And imagine deceits all the day long.

13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

13 ¶ But I, as a deaf man, hear not;
And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14 Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

14 ¶ Yea, I am as a man that heareth not,
And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15 For in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

15 ¶ For in thee, O Lord, do I hope:
Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

16 For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

16 ¶ For I said, Lest they rejoice over me:
When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

17 For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

17 ¶ For I am ready to halt,
And my sorrow is continually before me.

18 For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

18 ¶ For I will declare mine iniquity;
I will be sorry for my sin.

19 But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

19 ¶ But mine enemies are lively, and are strong:
And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20 They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.

20 ¶ They also that render evil for good
Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

21 Forsake me not, O Lord: O my God, be not far from me.

21 ¶ Forsake me not, O Lord:
O my God, be not far from me.

22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.

22 ¶ Make haste to help me,
O Lord my salvation.