| New International Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. A psalm of David. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. | 1For the choir director: with stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm. LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger; do not discipline me in Your wrath. |
| 2Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint; heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony. | 2Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am weak; heal me, LORD, for my bones are shaking; |
| 3My soul is in deep anguish. How long, LORD, how long? | 3my whole being is shaken with terror. And You, LORD--how long? |
| 4Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. | 4Turn, LORD! Rescue me; save me because of Your faithful love. |
| 5Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave? | 5For there is no remembrance of You in death; who can thank You in Sheol? |
| 6I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. | 6I am weary from my groaning; with my tears I dampen my pillow and drench my bed every night. |
| 7My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes. | 7My eyes are swollen from grief; they grow old because of all my enemies. |
| 8Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping. | 8Depart from me, all evildoers, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping. |
| 9The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer. | 9The LORD has heard my plea for help; the LORD accepts my prayer. |
| 10All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish; they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame. | 10All my enemies will be ashamed and shake with terror; they will turn back and suddenly be disgraced. |
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