[1] Yahweh, don`t rebuke me in your wrath,    Neither chasten me in your
hot displeasure. [2] For your arrows have pierced me,	 Your hand presses
hard on me. [3] There is no soundness in my flesh because of your
indignation,	Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
[4] For my iniquities have gone over my head.	 As a heavy burden, they
are too heavy for me. [5] My wounds are loathsome and corrupt,	  Because
of my foolishness. [6] I am pained and bowed down greatly.    I go mourning
all the day long. [7] For my loins are filled with burning.    There is no
soundness in my flesh. [8] I am faint and severely bruised.    I have
groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart. [9] Lord, all my desire is
before you.    My groaning is not hidden from you. [10] My heart throbs. My
strength fails me.    As for the light of my eyes, it also is gone from me.
[11] My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague.    My kinsmen
stand afar off. [12] They also who seek after my life lay snares.    Those
who seek my hurt speak mischievous things,    And meditate deceits all day
long. [13] But I, as a deaf man, don`t hear.	I am as a mute man who
doesn`t open his mouth. [14] Yes, I am as a man who doesn`t hear,    In
whose mouth are no reproofs. [15] For in you, Yahweh, do I hope.    You
will answer, Lord my God. [16] For I said, "Don`t let them gloat over me,  
 Or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips." [17] For I am ready to
fall.	 My pain is continually before me. [18] For I will declare my
iniquity.    I will be sorry for my sin. [19] But my enemies are vigorous
and many.    Those who hate me without reason are numerous. [20] They who
also render evil for good are adversaries to me,    Because I follow what
is good. [21] Don`t forsake me, Yahweh.    My God, don`t be far from me.
[22] Hurry to help me,	  Lord, my salvation.	   Psalm 39  For the Chief
Musician. For Jeduthun. A Psalm by David.