O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. 1
Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony. 2
My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long? 3
Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. 4
No one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave ? 5
I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. 6
My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes. 7
Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping. 8
The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer. 9
All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace. 10