For the director of music.
With stringed instruments.
According to sheminith.
A psalm of David.
1
O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.
2
Be merciful to me, LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.
3
My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long?
4
Turn, O LORD, and deliver me,
save me because of your unfailing love.
5
No one remembers you when he is dead.
Who praises you from the grave?
6
I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed
with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
7
My eyes grow weak with sorrow;
thyey fail because of all my foes.
8
Away from me, all you who do evil,
for the LORD has heard my weeping.
9
The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
10
All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed;
they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
