Bible Reading Plan

⁵ My wounds^(g) fester and are loathsome^(h)
     because of my sinful folly.^(i)
6 I am bowed down^(j) and brought very low;
     all day long I go about mourning.^(k)
7 My back is filled with searing pain;^(l)
     there is no health^(m) in my body.
⁸ I am feeble and utterly crushed;⁽ⁿ⁾
     I groan^(o) in anguish of heart.^(p)

⁹ All my longings^(q) lie open before you, Lord;
     my sighing^(r) is not hidden from you.
¹⁰ My heart pounds,^(s) my strength fails^(t) me;
     even the light has gone from my eyes.^(u)
11 My friends and companions avoid me because of my wounds;^(v)
     my neighbors stay far away.
¹² Those who want to kill me set their traps,^(w)
     those who would harm me talk of my ruin;^(x)
     all day long they scheme and lie.^(y)

¹³ I am like the deaf, who cannot hear,^(z)
     like the mute, who cannot speak;
¹⁴ I have become like one who does not hear,
     whose mouth can offer no reply.
¹⁵  Lord , I wait^(aa) for you;
     you will answer,^(ab) Lord my God.
¹⁶ For I said, "Do not let them gloat^(ac)
     or exalt themselves over me when my feet slip."^(ad)

¹⁷ For I am about to fall,^(ae)
     and my pain^(af) is ever with me.
¹⁸ I confess my iniquity;^(ag)
     I am troubled by my sin.
¹⁹ Many have become my enemies^(ah) without cause^[b];
     those who hate me^(ai) without reason^(aj) are numerous.
²⁰ Those who repay my good with evil^(ak)
     lodge accusations^(al) against me,
     though I seek only to do what is good.

²¹  Lord , do not forsake me;^(am)
     do not be far^(an) from me, my God.
²² Come quickly^(ao) to help me,^(ap)
     my Lord and my Savior.^(aq)