For the music leader. On stringed instruments. According to the eighth. A psalm of David.

¹ Please, LORD, don’t punish me when you are angry; don’t discipline me when you are furious.

² Have mercy on me, LORD, because I’m frail. Heal me, LORD, because my bones are shaking in terror!

³ My whole body is completely terrified! But you, LORD! How long will this last?

⁴ Come back to me, LORD! Deliver me! Save me for the sake of your faithful love!

⁵ No one is going to praise you when they are dead. Who gives you thanks from the grave?

⁶ I’m worn out from groaning. Every night, I drench my bed with tears; I soak my couch all the way through.

⁷ My vision fails because of my grief; it’s weak because of all my distress.

⁸ Get away from me, all you evildoers, because the LORD has heard me crying!

⁹ The LORD has listened to my request. The LORD accepts my prayer.

¹⁰ All my enemies will be ashamed and completely terrified; they will be defeated and ashamed instantly.