WhenI keptsilent[about my sin], my bodywastedawayThrough my groaningalldaylong.
When the [time of] mourningwas over,Davidsentand broughther to his houseand she becamehis wife;then she borehim a son.But the thingthat Davidhad donewas evilin the sightof the LORD.
"For my groaningcomesat the sightof my food,And my criespourout like water.
"At nightit piercesmy boneswithinme, And my gnawing[pains] takenorest.
"My skinturnsblackon me, And my bonesburnwith fever.
My God,my God,whyhave You forsakenme? Farfrom my deliveranceare the wordsof my groaning.
Thereis nosoundnessin my fleshbecauseof Your indignation;Thereis nohealthin my bonesbecauseof my sin.
I am benumbedand badlycrushed;I groanbecauseof the agitationof my heart.
Make me to hearjoyand gladness,Let the boneswhich You have brokenrejoice.
Be graciousto me, O LORD,for I [am] piningaway;Healme, O LORD,for my bonesare dismayed.
A joyfulheartis goodmedicine,But a brokenspiritdriesup the bones.
He who concealshis transgressionswill not prosper,But he who confessesand forsakes[them] will findcompassion.
Your sonshave fainted,They lie[helpless] at the headof everystreet,Like an antelopein a net,Fullof the wrathof the LORD,The rebukeof your God.
"Because of the iniquityof his unjustgainI was angryand struckhim; I hid[My face] and was angry,And he wenton turningaway,in the wayof his heart.
Allof us growllike bears,And moansadlylike doves;We hopefor justice,but thereis none,For salvation,[but] it is farfrom us.
Judahhas goneinto exileunderafflictionAnd underharshservitude;She dwellsamong the nations,[But] she has foundnorest;Allher pursuershave overtakenher In the midstof distress.
He has caused my fleshand my skinto wasteaway,He has brokenmy bones.
EvenwhenI cryout and callfor help,He shutsout my prayer.
And they do not cryto Me from their heartWhenthey wailon their beds;For the sakeof grainand newwinethey assemblethemselves, They turnawayfrom Me.
They tooktheir bonesand buriedthem underthe tamarisktreeat Jabesh,and fastedsevendays.
