1Ein Psalm Davids, der den HERRN an uns erinnern soll.2HERR, sei nicht länger zornig und strafe mich nicht in deiner Wut! (Ps 6,2)3Denn deine Pfeile haben mich getroffen und deine Hand liegt schwer auf mir. (Hi 6,4; Ps 32,4)4Weil ich unter deinem Zorn leide, bin ich krank am ganzen Körper und meine Gesundheit ist dahin wegen meiner Sünde. (Ps 6,3; Ps 31,10; Jes 1,5)5Meine Schuld überwältigt mich, sie ist mir wie eine schwere Last. (Esr 9,6)6Meine Wunden eitern und stinken, weil ich so dumm gehandelt habe. (Ps 69,6)7Vor Schmerzen gekrümmt und gebeugt, schleppe ich mich traurig durch den Tag. (Ps 35,14; Ps 42,10)8Rasendes Fieber verzehrt mich und meine Gesundheit ist dahin. (Ps 102,4)9Ich bin erschöpft und am Ende meiner Kraft. Vor Qual kann ich nur noch stöhnen und schreien. (Hi 3,24; Ps 22,2)10Herr, du weißt, wonach ich mich sehne, du hörst mein Seufzen. (Ps 6,8; Ps 10,17)11Mein Herz schlägt heftig und meine Kraft schwindet, und meine Augen erblinden. (Ps 6,8; Ps 31,11)12Meine Freunde und meine Familie bleiben fern von mir, sie fürchten meine Krankheit. Selbst meine Verwandten halten sich von mir fern.13Meine Feinde stellen mir Fallen und planen meinen Untergang. (Ps 35,20; Ps 54,5; Ps 140,6)14Doch ich bin taub für ihre Drohungen, wie ein Stummer schweige ich in ihrer Gegenwart.15Ich stelle mich taub und gebe keine Antwort.16HERR, ich hoffe auf dich. Antworte du für mich, Herr, mein Gott. (Ps 17,7)17Ich habe gesagt: »Lass nicht zu, dass meine Feinde über mich triumphieren, und sich über mein Unglück freuen.« (Ps 13,5; Ps 35,26)18Ich halte es nicht mehr lange aus, die ständigen Schmerzen zermürben mich. (Ps 13,3)19Doch ich bekenne meine Sünden, ich bereue, was ich getan habe. (2Kor 7,9)20Meine Feinde sind mächtig, zahlreich sind die, die mich ohne Grund hassen. (Ps 18,18; Ps 35,19)21Sie vergelten mir Gutes mit Bösem und verfolgen mich, weil ich das Gute tun will. (Ps 35,12; 1Joh 3,12)22Verlass mich nicht, HERR, und sei nicht fern, mein Gott. (Ps 22,20; Ps 35,22)23Komm mir bald zu Hilfe! Herr, du mein Retter. (Ps 27,1; Ps 40,14)
1LORD, don’t correct me when you are angry. Don’t punish me when you are burning with anger.2You have wounded me with your arrows. You have struck me with your hand.3Because of your anger, my whole body is ill. Because of my sin, I’m not healthy.4My guilt has become too much for me. It is a load too heavy to carry.5My wounds are ugly. They stink. I’ve been foolish. I have sinned.6I am bent over. I’ve been brought very low. All day long I go around weeping.7My back is filled with burning pain. My whole body is ill.8I am weak and feel as if I’ve been broken in pieces. I groan because of the great pain in my heart.9Lord, everything I really want is clearly known to you. You always hear me when I sigh.10My heart pounds, and my strength is gone. My eyes can hardly see.11My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds. My neighbours stay far away from me.12Those who are trying to kill me set their traps. Those who want to harm me talk about destroying me. All day long they make their plans and tell their lies.13Like a deaf person, I can’t hear. Like someone who can’t speak, I can’t say a word.14I’m like someone who doesn’t hear. I’m like someone whose mouth can’t make any reply.15LORD, I wait for you to help me. Lord my God, I know you will answer.16I said, ‘Don’t let my enemies have the joy of seeing me fall. Don’t let them boast when my feet slip.’17I am about to fall. My pain never leaves me.18I admit that I have done wrong. I am troubled by my sin.19Though I have done nothing to cause it, many people have become my enemies. They hate me without any reason.20They pay me back with evil, even though I was good to them. They bring charges against me, though I try only to do what is good.21LORD, don’t desert me. My God, don’t be far away from me.22Lord my Saviour, come quickly to help me.
1A Psalm of David, for the memorial offering. O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath! (1Chr 16,4; Ps 6,1; Ps 70,1)2For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. (Hi 6,4; Ps 32,4)3There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there is no health in my bones because of my sin. (Ps 31,10; Jes 1,6)4For my iniquities have gone over my head; like a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. (Esr 9,6; Ps 40,12)5My wounds stink and fester because of my foolishness,6I am utterly bowed down and prostrate; all the day I go about mourning. (Hi 30,28; Ps 35,14; Ps 42,5; Ps 42,11; Ps 43,5; Jes 21,3)7For my sides are filled with burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. (Ps 38,3)8I am feeble and crushed; I groan because of the tumult of my heart. (Ps 22,1)9O Lord, all my longing is before you; my sighing is not hidden from you. (Ps 6,6)10My heart throbs; my strength fails me, and the light of my eyes—it also has gone from me. (Ps 6,7)11My friends and companions stand aloof from my plague, and my nearest kin stand far off. (Hi 19,13; Ps 39,10; Ps 88,18; Jes 53,4; Jes 53,8; Mt 27,55; Mk 15,40; Lk 10,31; Lk 23,49)12Those who seek my life lay their snares; those who seek my hurt speak of ruin and meditate treachery all day long. (2Sam 16,7; 2Sam 17,1; Ps 35,20; Mt 22,15; Mk 12,13; Lk 20,20)13But I am like a deaf man; I do not hear, like a mute man who does not open his mouth. (Ps 39,2; Ps 39,9; Jes 53,7; 1Petr 2,23)14I have become like a man who does not hear, and in whose mouth are no rebukes. (Hi 23,4)15But for you, O Lord, do I wait; it is you, O Lord my God, who will answer. (2Sam 16,12; Ps 39,7)16For I said, “Only let them not rejoice over me, who boast against me when my foot slips!” (Hi 19,5; Ps 13,4; Ps 94,18)17For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever before me. (Ps 35,15; Jer 20,10)18I confess my iniquity; I am sorry for my sin. (Ps 32,5; 2Kor 7,9)19But my foes are vigorous, they are mighty, and many are those who hate me wrongfully. (Ps 35,19)20Those who render me evil for good accuse me because I follow after good. (Ps 35,12; Ps 109,4; 3Joh 1,11)21Do not forsake me, O Lord! O my God, be not far from me! (Ps 10,1)22Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation! (Ps 27,1; Ps 40,13)