¹For the leader. With stringed instruments. On sh’minit [low-pitched musical instruments?]. A psalm of David:

²Adonai , don’t rebuke me in your anger,

don’t discipline me in the heat of your fury.

³Be gracious to me, Adonai ,

because I am withering away;

heal me, Adonai ,

because my bones are shaking;

⁴I am completely terrified;

and you, Adonai — how long?

⁵Come back, Adonai , and rescue me!

Save me for the sake of your grace;

⁶for in death, no one remembers you;

in Sh’ol, who will praise you?

⁷I am worn out with groaning;

all night I drench my bed with tears,

flooding my couch till it swims.

⁸My vision is darkened with anger;

it grows weak because of all my foes.

⁹Get away from me, all you workers of evil!

For Adonai has heard the sound of my weeping,

¹⁰Adonai has heard my pleading,

Adonai will accept my prayer.

¹¹All my enemies will be confounded,

completely terrified;

they will turn back

and be suddenly put to shame.