| New King James Version | English Standard Version |
| 1A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure! | 1O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath! |
| 2For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down. | 2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. |
| 3There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin. | 3There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. |
| 4For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. | 4For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. |
| 5My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness. | 5My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness, |
| 6I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. | 6I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning. |
| 7For my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh. | 7For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. |
| 8I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart. | 8I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart. |
| 9Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. | 9O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing 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 throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me. |
| 11My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off. | 11My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off. |
| 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 lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long. |
| 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 do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth. |
| 14Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response. | 14I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes. |
| 15For in You, O LORD, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God. | 15But for you, O LORD, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer. |
| 16For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.” | 16For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!” |
| 17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. | 17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me. |
| 18For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin. | 18I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. |
| 19But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied. | 19But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully. |
| 20Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good. | 20Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good. |
| 21Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me! | 21Do not forsake me, O LORD! O my God, be not far from me! |
| 22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! | 22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! |
| The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. | ESV Text Edition: 2016. The ESV® Bible (The Holy Bible, English Standard Version®) copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. The ESV® text has been reproduced in cooperation with and by permission of Good News Publishers. Unauthorized reproduction of this publication is prohibited. All rights reserved. |
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