1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger
or discipline me in Your wrath.
2For Your arrows have pierced me deeply,
and Your hand has pressed down on me.
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 overwhelmed me;
they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5My wounds are foul and festering
because of my sinful folly.
6I am bent and brought low;
all day long I go about mourning.
7For my loins are full of burning pain,
and no soundness remains in my body.
8I am numb and badly crushed;
I groan in anguish of heart.
9O Lord, my every desire is before You;
my groaning is not hidden from You.
10My heart pounds, my strength fails,
and even the light of my eyes has faded.
— Psalm 38:1-10