GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New King James Version NKJV
1 O LORD, do not angrily punish me or discipline me in your wrath.
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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 Your arrows have struck me. Your hand has struck me hard.
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For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down.
3 No healthy spot is left on my body because of your rage. There is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
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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 My guilt has overwhelmed me. Like a heavy load, it is more than I can bear.
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For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds smell rotten. They fester because of my stupidity.
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My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness.
6 I am bent over and bowed down very low. All day I walk around in mourning.
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I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 My insides are filled with burning pain, and no healthy spot is left on my body.
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For my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am numb and completely devastated. I roar because my heart's in turmoil.
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I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
9 You know all my desires, O Lord, and my groaning has not been 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 pounding. I have lost my strength. Even the light of 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 loved ones and my friends keep their distance and my relatives stand far away because of my sickness.
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My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off.
12 Those who seek my life lay traps for me. Those who are out to harm me talk about ruining me. All day long they think of ways to deceive me.
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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 am like a person who cannot hear and like a person who cannot speak.
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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 I am like one who cannot hear and who can offer no arguments.
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Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response.
15 But I wait with hope for you, O LORD. You will answer, O Lord, my God.
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For in You, O Lord, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God.
16 I said, "Do not let them gloat over me. When my foot slips, do not let them promote themselves at my expense."
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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 I am ready to fall. I am continually aware of my pain.
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For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
18 I confess my guilt. My sin troubles me.
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For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin.
19 My mortal enemies are growing stronger. Many hate me for no reason.
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But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.
20 They pay me back with evil instead of good, and they accuse me because I try to do what is good.
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Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.
21 Do not abandon me, O LORD. O my God, do not be so distant 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, O Lord, my savior.
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Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!