微读圣经

Prayer of a Suffering Sinner

A Davidic psalm for remembrance. Ps 70 title

1Lord, do not punish me in Your anger

or discipline me in Your wrath. Ps 6:1

2For Your arrows have sunk into me,

and Your hand has pressed down on me. Jb 6:4; Ps 32:4

3There is no health in my body

because of Your indignation;

there is no strength Hb shalom in my bones

because of my sin. Jb 33:19; Ps 31:10; 102:10

4For my sins have flooded over my head;

they are a burden too heavy for me to bear. Ezr 9:6; Ps 40:12

5My wounds are foul and festering

because of my foolishness. Is 1:6

6I am bent over and brought low;

all day long I go around in mourning. Ps 35:14

7For my loins are full of burning pain,

and there is no health in my body. Ps 38:3; Lm 1:13

8I am faint and severely crushed;

I groan because of the anguish of my heart. Jb 3:24; Ps 6:6; 32:3; Lm 2:11

9Lord, my every desire is known to Lit is in front of You;

my sighing is not hidden from You. Ps 10:17

10My heart races, my strength leaves me,

and even the light of my eyes has faded. Or and the light of my eyes — even that is not with me Ps 6:7; 69:3; 88:9

11My loved ones and friends stand back from my affliction,

and my relatives stand at a distance. Jb 19:13-20; Ps 31:11; 88:18

12Those who seek my life set traps,

and those who want to harm me threaten to destroy me;

they plot treachery all day long. Ps 35:4,20; 54:3; 140:5

13I am like a deaf person; I do not hear.

I am like a speechless person

who does not open his mouth. Ps 39:2,9

14I am like a man who does not hear

and has no arguments in his mouth. Jb 23:4

15I put my hope in You, Lord;

You will answer, Lord my God. Ps 17:6; 39:7

16For I said, “Don’t let them rejoice over me —

those who are arrogant toward me when I stumble.” Ps 13:4; 35:26

17For I am about to fall,

and my pain is constantly with me. Ps 13:2; 35:15

18So I confess my guilt;

I am anxious because of my sin. Ps 32:5; 2Co 7:9-10

19But my enemies are vigorous and powerful; Or numerous

many hate me for no reason. Ps 18:17; 35:19

20Those who repay evil for good

attack me for pursuing good. Ps 35:12; 109:5; 3Jn 11

21Lord, do not abandon me;

my God, do not be far from me. Ps 22:19; 35:22

22Hurry to help me,

Lord, my Savior. Ps 40:13,17