[1] Lord, don’t criticize me in anger. Don’t discipline me in anger.
[2] Lord, you have hurt me. Your arrows went deep into me.
[3] You punished me. Now my whole body is sore. I sinned, ˻and you punished me˼. So all my bones hurt.
[4] I am guilty of doing bad things. And that guilt is like a heavy weight. ˻I am too ashamed˼ to hold my head up.
[5] I did a foolish thing. Now I have infected sores that stink.
[6] I am bent and bowed down. I am depressed all day long.
[7] I have a fever, and my whole body hurts.
[8] I hurt so much I can’t feel anything. My pounding heart makes me scream!
[9] My Master, you heard my groaning. My sighs are not hidden from you.
[10] My heart is pounding. My strength is gone, and I am going blind.
[11] Because of my sickness, my friends and neighbors will not visit me. My family will not come near me.
[12] My enemies say bad things about me. They are spreading lies and rumors. They talk about me all the time.
[13] But I am like a deaf person that cannot hear. I am like a mute person that cannot speak.
[14] I am like a person that cannot hear what people are saying about him. I cannot argue and prove that my enemies are wrong.
[15] So, Lord, you must defend me. God my Master, you must speak for me.
[16] If I say anything, then my enemies will laugh at me. They will see I am sick and say that I am being punished for doing wrong.
[17] I know I am guilty of doing wrong things. I cannot forget my pain.
[18] Lord, I told you about the bad things I did. I am sad about my sins.
[19] My enemies are alive and healthy. And they have told many, many lies.
[20] My enemies do bad things to me, and I did only good things to them. I tried to do only good things, but those people turned against me.
[21] Lord, don’t leave me! My God, stay close to me!
[22] Quickly come and help me! My God, save me!