O Lord, Don't Rebuke Me in Your Wrath

1O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath;

2For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.

3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

4For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

5My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

6I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

7For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.

8I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

9Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.

10My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.

12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

13But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

16For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

19But mine enemies are lively, and are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

21Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.

22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.