^{1 Ref} O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

^{2 Ref} For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore.

^{3 Ref} There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

^{4 Ref} For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

^{5 Ref} My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness.

^{6 Ref} I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.

^{7 Ref} For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh.

^{8 Ref} I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

^{9 Ref} Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee.

^{10 Ref} My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.

^{11 Ref} My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.

^{12 Ref} They also that seek after my life lay snares `for me'; And they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, And meditate deceits all the day long.

^{13 Ref} But I, as a deaf man, hear not; And I am as a dumb man that openeth not his mouth.

^{14 Ref} Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.

^{15 Ref} For in thee, O Jehovah, do I hope: Thou wilt answer, O Lord my God.

^{16 Ref} For I said, Lest they rejoice over me: When my foot slippeth, they magnify themselves against me.

^{17 Ref} For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.

^{18 Ref} For I will declare mine iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin.

^{19 Ref} But mine enemies are lively, `and' are strong; And they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied.

^{20 Ref} They also that render evil for good Are adversaries unto me, because I follow the thing that is good.

^{21 Ref} Forsake me not, O Jehovah: O my God, be not far from me.

^{22 Ref} Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. Psalm 39 For the Chief Musician, Jeduthun. A Psalm of David.