Prayer in Time of Chastening

O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath

Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!

For Your arrows pierce me deeply,

And Your hand presses me down.

There is no soundness in my flesh

Because of Your anger,

Nor is there any health in my bones 

Because of my sin.

For my inquities have gone over my head;

Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me.

My wounds are foul and festering

Because of my foolishness.

I am troubled, I am bowed down

greatly;

I go mourning all the day long.

For my lions are full of inflamation.

And there is no  soundness in my flesh.

I am feeble and severely broken;

I groan because of the turmoil of my hear.

Lord, all my desire is before You;

And my sighing is not hidden from You.

My heart  pants, my strength fails me;

As for the light of my eyes , it also 

has gone from me.

My loved ones and my friends stand 

aloof from my plague,

And my kinsmen stand afar off.

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.

But I , like a deaf man, do not hear;

And I am like a mute who does not 

open his mouth.

Thus I am like a man who does not  hear.

And in whose mouth is no response.

For in You , O LORD , I hope;

You will hear, O Lord my God.

For I said. " Hear me, lest they 

rejoice over me,

Lest, when my foot  slips, they

magnify themselves against me."

For I am ready to fall,

And my sorrow is continually before me.

For I will declare my inquity;

I will be in anguish over my sin.

But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong;

And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied.

Those also who render evil for good ,

They are my adversaries, because I 

follow what is good.

Do not forsake me, O LORD;

O my God , be not far from me !

Make haste to help me,

O Lord, my salvation!