4. There is no wholesomeness in my flesh because of your anger;there is no health in my bones because of my sin.
5. My iniquities overwhelm me,a burden too heavy for me.
6. Foul and festering are my soresbecause of my folly.
7. I am stooped and deeply bowed;every day I go about mourning.
8. My loins burn with fever;there is no wholesomeness in my flesh.
9. I am numb and utterly crushed;I wail with anguish of heart.
10. My Lord, my deepest yearning is before you;my groaning is not hidden from you.
11. My heart shudders, my strength forsakes me;the very light of my eyes has failed.
12. Friends and companions shun my disease;my neighbors stand far off.
13. Those who seek my life lay snares for me;they seek my misfortune, they speak of ruin;they plot treachery every day.
14. But I am like the deaf, hearing nothing,like the mute, I do not open my mouth,
15. I am even like someone who does not hear,who has no answer ready.
16. Lord, it is for you that I wait;O Lord, my God, you respond.
17. For I have said that they would gloat over me,exult over me if I stumble.
18. I am very near to falling;my wounds are with me always.