Good News Translation GNT
Revised Standard Version RSV
1 O Lord, don't punish me in your anger!
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A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath!
2 You have wounded me with your arrows; you have struck me down.
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For thy arrows have sunk into me, and thy hand has come down on me.
3 Because of your anger, I am in great pain; my whole body is diseased because of my sins.
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There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
4 I am drowning in the flood of my sins; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
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For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.
5 Because I have been foolish, my sores stink and rot.
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My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness,
6 I am bent over, I am crushed; I mourn all day long.
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I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.
7 I am burning with fever and I am near death.
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For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am worn out and utterly crushed; my heart is troubled, and I groan with pain.
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I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.
9 O Lord, you know what I long for; you hear all my groans.
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Lord, all my longing is known to thee, my sighing is not hidden from thee.
10 My heart is pounding, my strength is gone, and my eyes have lost their brightness.
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My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes--it also has gone from me.
11 My friends and neighbors will not come near me, because of my sores; even my family keeps away from me.
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My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.
12 Those who want to kill me lay traps for me, and those who want to hurt me threaten to ruin me; they never stop plotting against me.
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Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.
13 I am like the deaf and cannot hear, like the dumb and cannot speak.
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But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.
14 I am like those who do not answer, because they cannot hear.
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Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.
15 But I trust in you, O Lord; and you, O Lord my God, will answer me.
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But for thee, O LORD, do I wait; it is thou, O LORD my God, who wilt answer.
16 Don't let my enemies gloat over my distress; don't let them boast about my downfall!
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For I pray, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!"
17 I am about to fall and am in constant pain.
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For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 I confess my sins; they fill me with anxiety.
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I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.
19 My enemies are healthy and strong; there are many who hate me for no reason.
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Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.
20 Those who pay back evil for good are against me because I try to do right.
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Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.
21 Do not abandon me, O Lord; do not stay away, my God!
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Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!
22 Help me now, O Lord my savior!
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Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.