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A Psalm of David for remembrance concerning the Sabbath day.
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O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, Neither chasten me in thine anger.
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For thy weapons are fixed in me, And thou hast pressed thy hand heavily upon me.
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For there is no health in my flesh because of thine anger; There is no peace to my bones because of my sins.
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For my transgressions have gone over my head: They have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden.
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My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.
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I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a mourning countenance all the day.
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For my soul is filled with mockings; And there is no health in my flesh.
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I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly: I have roared for the groaning of my heart.
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But all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hidden from thee.
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My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me; And the light of mine eyes is not with me.
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My friends and my neighbors drew near before me, and stood still; And my nearest of kin stood afar off.
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While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: And they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, And devised deceits all the day.
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But I, as a deaf man, heard not; And was as a dumb man not opening his mouth.
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And I was as a man that hears not, And who has no reproofs in his mouth.
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For I hoped in thee, O Lord: Thou wilt hear, O Lord my God.
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For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me: For when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me.
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For I am ready for plagues, And my grief is continually before me.
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For I will declare mine iniquity, And be distressed for my sin.
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But mine enemies live, and are mightier than I: And they that hate me unjustly are multiplied.
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They that reward evil for good slandered me; Because I followed righteousness.
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Forsake me not, O Lord my God: Depart not from me.
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Draw nigh to my help, O Lord of my salvation.