| King James Bible | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. | 1A Davidic psalm for remembrance. LORD, do not punish me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. |
| 2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. | 2For Your arrows have sunk into me, and Your hand has pressed down on me. |
| 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin. | 3There is no health in my body because of Your indignation; there is no strength in my bones because of my sin. |
| 4For mine iniquities are gone over mine head: as an heavy burden they are too heavy for me. | 4For my sins have flooded over my head; they are a burden too heavy for me to bear. |
| 5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. | 5My wounds are foul and festering because of my foolishness. |
| 6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. | 6I am bent over and brought low; all day long I go around in mourning. |
| 7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. | 7For my loins are full of burning pain, and there is no health in my body. |
| 8I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. | 8I am faint and severely crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart. |
| 9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. | 9Lord, my every desire is known to You; my sighing is not hidden from You. |
| 10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me. | 10My heart races, my strength leaves me, and even the light of my eyes has faded. |
| 11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. | 11My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction, and my relatives stand at a distance. |
| 12They also that seek after my life lay snares for me: and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine deceits all the day long. | 12Those who seek my life set traps, and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me; they plot treachery all day long. |
| 13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. | 13I am like a deaf person; I do not hear. I am like a speechless person who does not open his mouth. |
| 14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. | 14I am like a man who does not hear and has no arguments in his mouth. |
| 15For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. | 15I put my hope in You, LORD; You will answer, Lord my God. |
| 16For I said, Hear me, lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me. | 16For I said, "Don't let them rejoice over me-- those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble." |
| 17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. | 17For I am about to fall, and my pain is constantly with me. |
| 18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. | 18So I confess my guilt; I am anxious because of my sin. |
| 19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. | 19But my enemies are vigorous and powerful; many hate me for no reason. |
| 20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. | 20Those who repay evil for good attack me for pursuing good. |
| 21Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. | 21 LORD, do not abandon me; my God, do not be far from me. |
| 22Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. | 22Hurry to help me, Lord, my Savior. |
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