| New King James Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1A Psalm of David. To bring to remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure! | 1A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. |
| 2For Your arrows pierce me deeply, And Your hand presses me down. | 2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. |
| 3There is no soundness in my flesh Because of Your anger, Nor any health in my bones Because of my sin. | 3There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin. |
| 4For my iniquities have gone over my head; Like a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. | 4For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear. |
| 5My wounds are foul and festering Because of my foolishness. | 5My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly. |
| 6I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. | 6I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning. |
| 7For my loins are full of inflammation, And there is no soundness in my flesh. | 7For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body. |
| 8I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart. | 8I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart. |
| 9Lord, all my desire is before You; And my sighing is not hidden from You. | 9O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You. |
| 10My heart pants, my strength fails me; As for the light of my eyes, it also has gone from me. | 10My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded. |
| 11My loved ones and my friends stand aloof from my plague, And my relatives stand afar off. | 11My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance. |
| 12Those also who seek my life lay snares for me; Those who seek my hurt speak of destruction, And plan deception all the day long. | 12Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long. |
| 13But I, like a deaf man, do not hear; And I am like a mute who does not open his mouth. | 13But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth. |
| 14Thus I am like a man who does not hear, And in whose mouth is no response. | 14I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply. |
| 15For in You, O LORD, I hope; You will hear, O Lord my God. | 15I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God. |
| 16For I said, “Hear me, lest they rejoice over me, Lest, when my foot slips, they exalt themselves against me.” | 16For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.” |
| 17For I am ready to fall, And my sorrow is continually before me. | 17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me. |
| 18For I will declare my iniquity; I will be in anguish over my sin. | 18Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. |
| 19But my enemies are vigorous, and they are strong; And those who hate me wrongfully have multiplied. | 19Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason. |
| 20Those also who render evil for good, They are my adversaries, because I follow what is good. | 20Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good. |
| 21Do not forsake me, O LORD; O my God, be not far from me! | 21Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God. |
| 22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! | 22Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior. |
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