1 A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. 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. |
3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest 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. |
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. |
7 For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: 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. |
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. |
11 My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; 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. |
13 But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was 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. |