The Complete Jewish Bible CJB
New King James Version NKJV
1 A psalm of David, serving as a reminder: ADONAI, don't rebuke me when you are angry or discipline me when you are enraged,
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A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance. O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!
2 for your arrows penetrate me deeply, and your hand is pressing me down.
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For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down.
3 Your indignation left no part of me intact; my sin made my whole body sick;
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There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin.
4 for my iniquities loom high over my head as a heavy burden, too heavy for me.
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For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 I have stinking, festering wounds because of my foolishness.
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My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness.
6 I am bent down, prostrate completely; I go about mourning all day long.
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I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my insides burn with fever, and my whole body is sick.
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For my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am numb, completely crushed; my anguished heart makes me groan aloud.
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I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
9 Adonai, all my longing is known to you; my sighing is not hidden from you.
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Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You.
10 My heart is throbbing, my strength is gone, and the light in my eyes has left me.
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My heart pants, my strength fails me; As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.
11 My friends and companions shun my disease; even the closest keep their distance.
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My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off.
12 Those seeking my life lay snares for me, those seeking to harm me speak of disaster and think up deceptions all day long.
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Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, And plan deception all the day long.
13 But I'm like a deaf man - I don't hear it; and, like a mute, I don't say a word.
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But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.
14 Yes, I've become like a man who doesn't hear and in whose mouth are no defenses.
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Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response.
15 For it is in you, ADONAI, that I hope. You will answer, Adonai my God.
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For in You, O Lord, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God.
16 I said, "Don't let them gloat over me or boast against me when my foot slips."
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For I said, "Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me."
17 For I am about to fall, and my pain is always with me.
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For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
18 I acknowledge my guilt, I am anxious because of my sin.
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For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin.
19 But my enemies are alive and well, those who wrongfully hate me increase their numbers;
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But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.
20 and, since they repay good with evil, they oppose me because I pursue good.
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Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.
21 Don't abandon me, ADONAI! My God, don't be far from me!
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Do not forsake me, O Lord; O my God, be not far from me!
22 Come quickly to help me, Adonai, my salvation!
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Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!