A Davidic psalm of remembrance.

Adonai, don’t punish me out of anger,

or discipline me with Your wrath.

Your arrows have plunged deep within me

and Your hand presses down on me.

My body is without health

because of Your anger.

My bones are without strength

because of my transgressions.

My guilt weighs heavy on my head,

it is a burden too heavy to bear.

My foolishness has given me

foul and festering wounds.

I am hunched over,

greatly bowed down.

All day I walk around mourning.

For burning pain fills my heart

and health is absent from my body,

I am empty and completely crushed.

The anguish in my heart makes me groan.

Lord, all that I long for is known by You

and You know how I sigh.

My heart races, my strength fails me.

Even the light in my eyes has left.

My friends and companions avoid me

because of my affliction,

and my family stand at a distance.

Those who seek to kill me set traps.

Those who want to harm me

threaten my destruction; they lie all day.

Like the deaf, I cannot hear.

Like the mute, I cannot speak.

Yes, I have become like one who cannot hear,

whose mouth is empty of rebuttals.

But Lord, I will wait for You

– You will answer, Lord, my God.

Because I said “Don’t let my enemies rejoice

or feel elevated over me when I stumble.”

For I am about to fall,

and constantly I am aware of my pain.

I admit my mistakes;

I feel anxious about my transgressions.

My vigorous enemies are numerous.

Many hate me without reason.

Those who repay evil for good

are against me

because I seek only the good.

Adonai, don’t abandon me,

my God, don’t be far from me.

Come speedily to my aid,

my Lord and salvation.