| King James Bible | New International Version |
| 1A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. | 1A psalm of David. A petition. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. |
| 2For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand presseth me sore. | 2Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come 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. | 3Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness 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. | 4My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. |
| 5My wounds stink and are corrupt because of my foolishness. | 5My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly. |
| 6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. | 6I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning. |
| 7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease: and there is no soundness in my flesh. | 7My back is filled with searing pain; 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 feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart. |
| 9Lord, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. | 9All my longings lie open before you, Lord; 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 pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes. |
| 11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off. | 11My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away. |
| 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 want to kill me set their traps, those who would harm me talk of my ruin; all day long they scheme and lie. |
| 13But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and I was as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth. | 13I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak; |
| 14Thus I was as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. | 14I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply. |
| 15For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. | 15LORD, I wait for you; 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, "Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip." |
| 17For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. | 17For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me. |
| 18For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. | 18I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. |
| 19But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. | 19Many have become my enemies without cause; those who hate me without reason are numerous. |
| 20They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. | 20Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good. |
| 21Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. | 21LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God. |
| 22Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation. | 22Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior. |
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