| New International Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1A psalm of David. A petition. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. | 1A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. |
| 2Your arrows have pierced me, and your hand has come down on me. | 2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. |
| 3Because of your wrath there is no health in my body; there is no soundness in my bones because of my sin. | 3There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin. |
| 4My guilt has overwhelmed me like a burden too heavy to bear. | 4For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear. |
| 5My wounds fester and are loathsome because of my sinful folly. | 5My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly. |
| 6I am bowed down and brought very low; all day long I go about mourning. | 6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning. |
| 7My back is filled with searing pain; there is no health in my body. | 7For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body. |
| 8I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart. | 8I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart. |
| 9All my longings lie open before you, Lord; my sighing is not hidden from you. | 9O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You. |
| 10My heart pounds, my strength fails me; even the light has gone from my eyes. | 10My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded. |
| 11My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds; my neighbors stay far away. | 11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance. |
| 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. | 12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long. |
| 13I am like the deaf, who cannot hear, like the mute, who cannot speak; | 13But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth. |
| 14I have become like one who does not hear, whose mouth can offer no reply. | 14I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply. |
| 15LORD, I wait for you; you will answer, Lord my God. | 15I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God. |
| 16For I said, "Do not let them gloat or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip." | 16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.” |
| 17For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me. | 17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me. |
| 18I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. | 18Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. |
| 19Many have become my enemies without cause; those who hate me without reason are numerous. | 19Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason. |
| 20Those who repay my good with evil lodge accusations against me, though I seek only to do what is good. | 20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good. |
| 21LORD, do not forsake me; do not be far from me, my God. | 21Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God. |
| 22Come quickly to help me, my Lord and my Savior. | 22Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior. |
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