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¹ A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath!² For thy arrows have sunk into me, and thy hand has come down on me.³ There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin.⁴ For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden too heavy for me.⁵ My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness,⁶ I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning.⁷ For my loins are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh.⁸ I am utterly spent and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart.⁹ Lord, all my longing is known to thee, my sighing is not hidden from thee.¹⁰ My heart throbs, my strength fails me; and the light of my eyes--it also has gone from me.¹¹ My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my kinsmen stand afar off.

¹² Those who seek my life lay their snares, those who seek my hurt speak of ruin, and meditate treachery all the day long.¹³ But I am like a deaf man, I do not hear, like a dumb man who does not open his mouth.¹⁴ Yea, I am like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes.¹⁵ But for thee, O LORD, do I wait; it is thou, O LORD my God, who wilt answer.¹⁶ For I pray, "Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!"¹⁷ For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.¹⁸ I confess my iniquity, I am sorry for my sin.¹⁹ Those who are my foes without cause are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully.²⁰ Those who render me evil for good are my adversaries because I follow after good.²¹ Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me!²² Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!