For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style;
6:1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger!
Do not discipline me in your raging fury!
6:2 Have mercy on me,
Heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking!
6:3 I am absolutely terrified,
and you, Lord – how long will this continue?
6:4 Relent, Lord, rescue me!
Deliver me because of your faithfulness!
25:7 Do not hold against me
Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O Lord!
A psalm of David, written to get God’s attention.
38:1 O Lord, do not continue to rebuke me in your anger!
Do not continue to punish me in your raging fury!
38:2 For your arrows pierce
and your hand presses me down.
38:3 My whole body is sick because of your judgment;
I am deprived of health because of my sin.
38:4 For my sins overwhelm me;
like a heavy load, they are too much for me to bear.
38:5 My wounds
because of my foolish sins.
38:6 I am dazed
all day long I walk around mourning.
38:7 For I am overcome with shame
and my whole body is sick.
38:8 I am numb with pain and severely battered;
I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.
109:21 O sovereign Lord,
intervene on my behalf for the sake of your reputation!
Because your loyal love is good, deliver me!
143:2 Do not sit in judgment on
for no one alive is innocent before you.
8:1 There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.