| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath! | 1O LORD, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage! |
| 2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. | 2Your arrows have struck deep, and your blows are crushing me. |
| 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. | 3Because of your anger, my whole body is sick; my health is broken because of my sins. |
| 4For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. | 4My guilt overwhelms me— it is a burden too heavy to bear. |
| 5My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness, | 5My wounds fester and stink because of my foolish sins. |
| 6I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning. | 6I am bent over and racked with pain. All day long I walk around filled with grief. |
| 7For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. | 7A raging fever burns within me, and my health is broken. |
| 8I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart. | 8I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished heart. |
| 9O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you. | 9You know what I long for, Lord; you hear my every sigh. |
| 10My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me. | 10My heart beats wildly, my strength fails, and I am going blind. |
| 11My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off. | 11My loved ones and friends stay away, fearing my disease. Even my own family stands at a distance. |
| 12Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long. | 12Meanwhile, my enemies lay traps to kill me. Those who wish me harm make plans to ruin me. All day long they plan their treachery. |
| 13But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth. | 13But I am deaf to all their threats. I am silent before them as one who cannot speak. |
| 14I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes. | 14I choose to hear nothing, and I make no reply. |
| 15But for you, O LORD, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer. | 15For I am waiting for you, O LORD. You must answer for me, O Lord my God. |
| 16For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!” | 16I prayed, “Don’t let my enemies gloat over me or rejoice at my downfall.” |
| 17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me. | 17I am on the verge of collapse, facing constant pain. |
| 18I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. | 18But I confess my sins; I am deeply sorry for what I have done. |
| 19But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully. | 19I have many aggressive enemies; they hate me without reason. |
| 20Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good. | 20They repay me evil for good and oppose me for pursuing good. |
| 21Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me! | 21Do not abandon me, O LORD. Do not stand at a distance, my God. |
| 22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! | 22Come quickly to help me, O Lord my savior. |
| ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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