1A Psalm by David, for a memorial. LORD,…
2For your arrows have pierced me, your hand…
3There is no soundness in my flesh because…
4For my iniquities have gone over my head.…
5My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of…
6I am in pain and bowed down greatly.…
7For my waist is filled with burning. There…
8I am faint and severely bruised. I have…
9Lord, all my desire is before you. My…
10My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As…
11My lovers and my friends stand aloof from…
12They also who seek after my life lay…
13But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear.…
14Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t…
15For I hope in you, LORD. You will…
16For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over…
17For I am ready to fall. My pain…
18For I will declare my iniquity. I will…
19But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those…
20They who give evil for good are also…
21Don’t forsake me, LORD. My God, don’t be…
22Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.