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¹ O Lord, don't punish me in your anger!
² You have wounded me with your arrows;
    you have struck me down.

³ Because of your anger, I am in great pain;
    my whole body is diseased because of my sins.
⁴ I am drowning in the flood of my sins;
    they are a burden too heavy to bear.

⁵ Because I have been foolish,
    my sores stink and rot.
⁶ I am bent over, I am crushed;
    I mourn all day long.
⁷ I am burning with fever
    and I am near death.
⁸ I am worn out and utterly crushed;
    my heart is troubled, and I groan with pain.

⁹ O Lord, you know what I long for;
    you hear all my groans.
¹⁰ My heart is pounding, my strength is gone,
    and my eyes have lost their brightness.
¹¹ My friends and neighbors will not come near me,
    because of my sores;
    even my family keeps away from me.
¹² Those who want to kill me lay traps for me,
    and those who want to hurt me threaten to ruin me;
    they never stop plotting against me.

¹³ I am like the deaf and cannot hear,
    like the dumb and cannot speak.
¹⁴ I am like those who do not answer,
    because they cannot hear.

¹⁵ But I trust in you, O Lord;
    and you, O Lord my God, will answer me.
¹⁶ Don't let my enemies gloat over my distress;
    don't let them boast about my downfall!
¹⁷ I am about to fall
    and am in constant pain.

¹⁸ I confess my sins;
    they fill me with anxiety.
¹⁹ My enemies are healthy and strong;
    there are many who hate me for no reason.
²⁰ Those who pay back evil for good
    are against me because I try to do right.

²¹ Do not abandon me, O Lord;
    do not stay away, my God!
²² Help me now, O Lord my savior!