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