1 Prayer in Time of Chastening A Psalm of David. Ps. 70:title To bring to remembrance. O Lord , do not Ps. 6:1 rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!
2 For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down.
3 There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin.
4 For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.
5 My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness.
6 I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
7 For my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh.
8 I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
9 Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You.
10 My heart pants, my strength fails me; As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me.
11 My loved ones and my friends Ps. 31:11; 88:18 stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off.
12 Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, And plan deception all the day long.
13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth.
14 Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response.
15 For in You, O Lord , (Ps. 39:7) I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God.
16 For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.”
17 Ps. 51:3 For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
18 For I will Ps. 32:5 declare my iniquity; I will be (2 Cor. 7:9, 10) in anguish over my sin.
19 But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.
20 Those also Ps. 35:12 who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good.
21 Do not forsake me, O Lord ; O my God, Ps. 22:19; 35:22 be not far from me!