A melody of David, to bring to remembrance.1O LORD, do not rebuke me in your wrath, and do not discipline me in your rage.2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down upon me.3There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no peace in my bones because of my sin.4For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden they weigh too heavily upon me.5My wounds stink and fester because of my folly.6I am bent; I am bowed down greatly; all the day I go about mourning.7For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.8I am feeble and crushed beyond measure; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.9O LORD, all my desire is before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you.10My heart throbs; my strength has failed me, and the light of my eyes has also gone from me.11My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand far off.12Those who seek my life set snares, and those who seek my harm speak ruin and deceit; they mutter all the day long.13But I, like one who is deaf, do not hear, and like one who is mute I do not open my mouth.14I am like a man who does not hear and in whose mouth are no arguments.15For I wait for you, O LORD; you will answer, O Lord my God.16For I said, "Lest they rejoice over me; when my foot slips they magnify themselves against me."17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is continually before me.18I confess my iniquity; I am anxious because of my sin.19But my enemies are vigorous and strong, and those who hate me without cause have multiplied.20Those who repay evil for good oppose me because I follow what is good.21Do not forsake me, O LORD my God; do not be far from me.22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation.