O Lord, Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Wrath
A Psalm by David, for a memorial.
1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your wrath,
nor chasten me in your hot displeasure.
2 For your arrows have pierced me.
Your hand presses hard on me.
3 There is no health in my flesh because of your indignation,
nor is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
4 For I am drowning in my sin.
It is a burden, too heavy for me to bear.
5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt
because of my foolishness.
6 I am in pain and bowed down greatly.
I go mourning all day long.
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease.
There is no health in my flesh.
8 I am faint and severely bruised.
I groan from the anguish of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before you.
My groaning is not hidden from you.
10 My heart throbs.
My strength fails me.
As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
11 My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague.
My relatives stand far away.
12 They also who seek after my life lay snares.
Those who seek my life speak mischievous things
and meditate deceits all day long.
13 But I, as a deaf man, do not hear.
I am as a mute man who does not open his mouth.
14 Yes, I am as a man who does not hear,
in whose mouth are no reproofs.
15 For in you I hope, O Lord.
You will answer, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Do not let them gloat over me,
or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”
17 For I am ready to fall.
My pain is continually before me.
18 For I will declare my iniquity.
I will be sorry for my sin.
19 But my enemies are vigorous and many.
Those who hate me without reason are numerous.
20 They who repay evil for good are also adversaries to me,
because I follow what is good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Lord.
My Lord, do not be far from me.
22 Hurry to help me,
My Lord, my salvation.