⁵ My wounds^(G) fester and are loathsome^(H)
    because of my sinful folly.^(I)
6 I am bowed down^(J) and brought very low;
    all day long I go about mourning.^(K)
7 My back is filled with searing pain;^(L)
    there is no health^(M) in my body.
⁸ I am feeble and utterly crushed;^(N)
    I groan^(O) in anguish of heart.^(P)

⁹ All my longings^(Q) lie open before you, Lord;
    my sighing^(R) is not hidden from you.
¹⁰ My heart pounds,^(S) my strength fails^(T) me;
    even the light has gone from my eyes.^(U)
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;^(V)
    my neighbors stay far away.
¹² Those who want to kill me set their traps,^(W)
    those who would harm me talk of my ruin;^(X)
    all day long they scheme and lie.^(Y)

¹³ I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,^(Z)
    like the mute, who cannot speak;
¹⁴ I have become like one who does not hear,
    whose mouth can offer no reply.
¹⁵ Lord, I wait^(AA) for you;
    you will answer,^(AB) Lord my God.
¹⁶ For I said, “Do not let them gloat^(AC)
    or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip.”^(AD)

¹⁷ For I am about to fall,^(AE)
    and my pain^(AF) is ever with me.
¹⁸ I confess my iniquity;^(AG)
    I am troubled by my sin.
¹⁹ Many have become my enemies^(AH) without cause^[b];
    those who hate me^(AI) without reason^(AJ) are numerous.
²⁰ Those who repay my good with evil^(AK)
    lodge accusations^(AL) against me,
    though I seek only to do what is good.

²¹ Lord, do not forsake me;^(AM)
    do not be far^(AN) from me, my God.
²² Come quickly^(AO) to help me,^(AP)
    my Lord and my Savior.^(AQ)

⁴ “Show me, Lord, my life’s end
    and the number of my days;^(AZ)
    let me know how fleeting^(BA) my life is.^(BB)
5 You have made my days^(BC) a mere handbreadth;
    the span of my years is as nothing before you.
Everyone is but a breath,^(BD)
    even those who seem secure.^[d]

⁶ “Surely everyone goes around^(BE) like a mere phantom;^(BF)
    in vain they rush about,^(BG) heaping up wealth^(BH)
    without knowing whose it will finally be.^(BI)

⁷ “But now, Lord, what do I look for?
    My hope is in you.^(BJ)
8 Save me^(BK) from all my transgressions;^(BL)
    do not make me the scorn^(BM) of fools.
⁹ I was silent;^(BN) I would not open my mouth,^(BO)
    for you are the one who has done this.^(BP)
10 Remove your scourge from me;
    I am overcome by the blow^(BQ) of your hand.^(BR)
11 When you rebuke^(BS) and discipline^(BT) anyone for their sin,
    you consume^(BU) their wealth like a moth^(BV)—
    surely everyone is but a breath.^(BW)

¹² “Hear my prayer, Lord,
    listen to my cry for help;^(BX)
    do not be deaf^(BY) to my weeping.^(BZ)
I dwell with you as a foreigner,^(CA)
    a stranger,^(CB) as all my ancestors were.^(CC)
13 Look away from me, that I may enjoy life again
    before I depart and am no more.”^(CD)

⁴ Blessed is the one^(CP)
    who trusts in the Lord,^(CQ)
who does not look to the proud,^(CR)
    to those who turn aside to false gods.^[f](CS)
5 Many, Lord my God,
    are the wonders^(CT) you have done,
    the things you planned for us.
None can compare^(CU) with you;
    were I to speak and tell of your deeds,
    they would be too many^(CV) to declare.

⁶ Sacrifice and offering you did not desire—^(CW)
    but my ears you have opened^[g]—^(CX)
    burnt offerings^(CY) and sin offerings^[h] you did not require.
⁷ Then I said, “Here I am, I have come—
    it is written about me in the scroll.^[i](CZ)
8 I desire to do your will,^(DA) my God;^(DB)
    your law is within my heart.”^(DC)

⁹ I proclaim your saving acts^(DD) in the great assembly;^(DE)
    I do not seal my lips, Lord,
    as you know.^(DF)
10 I do not hide your righteousness in my heart;
    I speak of your faithfulness^(DG) and your saving help.
I do not conceal your love and your faithfulness
    from the great assembly.^(DH)

¹¹ Do not withhold your mercy^(DI) from me, Lord;
    may your love^(DJ) and faithfulness^(DK) always protect^(DL) me.
¹² For troubles^(DM) without number surround me;
    my sins have overtaken me, and I cannot see.^(DN)
They are more than the hairs of my head,^(DO)
    and my heart fails^(DP) within me.
¹³ Be pleased to save me, Lord;
    come quickly, Lord, to help me.^(DQ)

¹⁴ May all who want to take my life^(DR)
    be put to shame and confusion;^(DS)
may all who desire my ruin^(DT)
    be turned back in disgrace.
¹⁵ May those who say to me, “Aha! Aha!”^(DU)
    be appalled at their own shame.
¹⁶ But may all who seek you^(DV)
    rejoice and be glad^(DW) in you;
may those who long for your saving help always say,
    “The Lord is great!”^(DX)

¹⁷ But as for me, I am poor and needy;^(DY)
    may the Lord think^(DZ) of me.
You are my help^(EA) and my deliverer;^(EB)
    you are my God, do not delay.^(EC)

⁴ I said, “Have mercy^(EM) on me, Lord;
    heal^(EN) me, for I have sinned^(EO) against you.”
⁵ My enemies say of me in malice,
    “When will he die and his name perish?^(EP)”
⁶ When one of them comes to see me,
    he speaks falsely,^(EQ) while his heart gathers slander;^(ER)
    then he goes out and spreads^(ES) it around.

⁷ All my enemies whisper together^(ET) against me;
    they imagine the worst for me, saying,
⁸ “A vile disease has afflicted him;
    he will never get up^(EU) from the place where he lies.”
⁹ Even my close friend,^(EV)
    someone I trusted,
one who shared my bread,
    has turned^[k] against me.^(EW)

¹⁰ But may you have mercy^(EX) on me, Lord;
    raise me up,^(EY) that I may repay^(EZ) them.
¹¹ I know that you are pleased with me,^(FA)
    for my enemy does not triumph over me.^(FB)
12 Because of my integrity^(FC) you uphold me^(FD)
    and set me in your presence forever.^(FE)

¹³ Praise^(FF) be to the Lord, the God of Israel,^(FG)
    from everlasting to everlasting.
Amen and Amen.^(FH)