2 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath,

Neither chasten me in thine anger.

3 For thy weapons are fixed in me,

And thou hast pressed thy hand heavily upon me.

4 For there is no health in my flesh because of thine anger;

There is no peace to my bones because of my sins.

5 For my transgressions have gone over my head:

They have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden.

6 My bruises have become noisome and corrupt,

Because of my foolishness.

7 I have been wretched and bowed down continually:

I went with a mourning countenance all the day.

8 For my soul is filled with mockings;

And there is no health in my flesh.

9 I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly:

I have roared for the groaning of my heart.

10 But all my desire is before thee;

And my groaning is not hidden from thee.

11 My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me;

And the light of mine eyes is not with me.

12 My friends and my neighbors drew near before me, and stood still;

And my nearest of kin stood afar off.

13 While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul:

And they that sought my hurt spoke vanities,

And devised deceits all the day.

14 But I, as a deaf man, heard not;

And was as a dumb man not opening his mouth.

15 And I was as a man that hears not,

And who has no reproofs in his mouth.

16 For I hoped in thee, O Lord:

Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.

17 For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me:

For when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me.

18 For I am ready for plagues,

And my grief is continually before me.

19 For I will declare mine iniquity,

And be distressed for my sin.

20 But mine enemies live, and are mightier than I:

And they that hate me unjustly are multiplied.

21 They that reward evil for good slandered me;

Because I followed righteousness.

22 Forsake me not, O Lord my God:

Depart not from me.

23 Draw nigh to my help, O Lord of my salvation.