O Lord , Deliver My Life

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

¹ O Lord , rebuke me not in your anger,

nor discipline me in your wrath.

² Be gracious to me, O Lord , for I am languishing;

heal me, O Lord , for my bones are troubled.

³ My soul also is greatly troubled.

But you, O Lord — how long?

⁴ Turn, O Lord , deliver my life;

save me for the sake of your steadfast love.

⁵ For in death there is no remembrance of you;

in Sheol who will give you praise?

⁶ I am weary with my moaning;

every night I flood my bed with tears;

I drench my couch with my weeping.

⁷ My eye wastes away because of grief;

it grows weak because of all my foes.

⁸ Depart from me, all you workers of evil,

for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.

⁹ The Lord has heard my plea;

the Lord accepts my prayer.

¹⁰ All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;

they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.