| New King James Version | NET Bible |
| 1A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure! | 1A psalm of David, written to get God's attention. O LORD, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger! Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury! |
| 2For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down. | 2For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down. |
| 3There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin. | 3My whole body is sick because of your judgment; I am deprived of health because of my sin. |
| 4For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. | 4For my sins overwhelm me; like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear. |
| 5My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness. | 5My wounds are infected and starting to smell, because of my foolish sins. |
| 6I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. | 6I am dazed and completely humiliated; all day long I walk around mourning. |
| 7For my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh. | 7For I am overcome with shame and my whole body is sick. |
| 8I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart. | 8I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel. |
| 9Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. | 9O Lord, you understand my heart's desire; my groaning is not hidden from you. |
| 10My heart pants, my strength fails me; As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me. | 10My heart beats quickly; my strength leaves me; I can hardly see. |
| 11My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off. | 11Because of my condition, even my friends and acquaintances keep their distance; my neighbors stand far away. |
| 12Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, And plan deception all the day long. | 12Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things. |
| 13But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth. | 13But I am like a deaf man--I hear nothing; I am like a mute who cannot speak. |
| 14Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response. | 14I am like a man who cannot hear and is incapable of arguing his defense. |
| 15For in You, O LORD, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God. | 15Yet I wait for you, O LORD! You will respond, O Lord, my God! |
| 16For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.” | 16I have prayed for deliverance, because otherwise they will gloat over me; when my foot slips they will arrogantly taunt me. |
| 17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. | 17For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain. |
| 18For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin. | 18Yes, I confess my wrongdoing, and I am concerned about my sins. |
| 19But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied. | 19But those who are my enemies for no reason are numerous; those who hate me without cause outnumber me. |
| 20Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good. | 20They repay me evil for the good I have done; though I have tried to do good to them, they hurl accusations at me. |
| 21Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me! | 21Do not abandon me, O LORD! My God, do not remain far away from me! |
| 22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! | 22Hurry and help me, O Lord, my deliverer! |
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