• Do Not Forsake Me, O Yahweh

  • 1 O Yahweh, reprove me not in Your wrath, And discipline me not in Your burning anger.
  • 2 For Your arrows have pressed deep into me, And Your hand has pressed down upon me.
  • 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin.
  • 4 For my iniquities go over my head; As a heavy burden they weigh too much for me.
  • 5 My wounds stink and rot Because of my folly.
  • 6 I am bent over and greatly bowed down; I go mourning all day long.
  • 7 For my loins are filled with burning, And there is no soundness in my flesh.
  • 8 I am faint and badly crushed; I groan because of the agitation of my heart.
  • 9 Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You.
  • 10 My heart throbs, my strength forsakes me; And the light of my eyes, even that has gone from me.
  • 11 My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague; And my kinsmen stand afar off.
  • 12 Those who search for my life lay snares for me; And those who seek to do me evil have threatened destruction, And they meditate on deception all day long.
  • 13 But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute man who does not open his mouth.
  • 14 And I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth are no reproofs.
  • 15 For I wait on You, O Yahweh; You will answer, O Lord my God.
  • 16 For I said, “Save, lest they be glad over me, Who, when my foot stumbles, magnify themselves against me.”
  • 17 For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me.
  • 18 For I confess my iniquity; I am full of anxiety because of my sin.
  • 19 But my enemies are vigorous and strong, And those who wrongfully hate me abound.
  • 20 And those who repay evil for good, They accuse me, for I pursue what is good.
  • 21 Do not forsake me, O Yahweh; O my God, do not be far from me!
  • 22 Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!