1   O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2   For thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth heavy upon me.

3   There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy anger; neither is there any ^note rest in my bones because of my sin.

4   For my iniquities have gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are top heavy for me.

5   My wounds are offensive, and are corrupt because of my foolishness.

6   I am ^note troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

7   For my loins are filled with a lothsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh.

8   I am feeble and grievously broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

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

10   My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also ^note is gone from me.

11   My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; and ^note my kinsmen stand afar off.

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

13   But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

14   Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs.

15   For ^note in thee, O Lord, do I hope: thou wilt ^note hear, O Lord my God.

16   For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

17   For I am ready ^note to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me.

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

19   But my enemies ^note are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

20   They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that is good.

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

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

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