The psalmist pleads, “1O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger, or discipline me in your wrath.”
Clearly, he must have reason to expect God to be offended, and as Jamaicans would say -“wRatted!”. So, he writes. “2Your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me.”
I can feel the weight of guilt because I’ve been there. When I am conscious of my wrongdoing- Thank God’s Holy Spirit and/or my conscience, guilt stares me in the face and wounds me on the inside. And I can identify with the psalmist’s admission “3There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation; there ius no heath in my bones because of my sin.”
But why should I let the burden of guilt remain to “downpress” me when The Son offers freedom from guilt?
So the sequel “4For my iniquities have gone over my head; they weigh like a burden to heavy for me 5My wounds grow foul and fester because of my foolishness” can be banished, Done away with and in its place, the freedom of Christ who sets me free, whose blood cancels the guilt of sin, is for me, for me!
And so, I will skip the next nine and more verses, you mat say conveniently- thank God for this convenience- and I’ll cling to the end request “22make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation”.
It’s my guilt that gets in the way and spends all effort anticipating your punishment which is cancelled when I act wisely upon the knowledge of my sin and consequent guilt.
Confession is liberation when it leads to acceptance of the freedom to come.