Sobered in Sickness

"Believers who are severely chastened for sin and faced with the frailty and uncertainty of life must pour out their complaints to the LORD (and not to the unsympathetic world) because he is their only hope of deliverance" (A. P. Ross. 2011. A Commentary on the Psalms. Vol. 1. Pp. 850-851). I. My temporary Silence (vv. 1-3). II. My Need to Keep in Mind My Weakness, Mortality (vv. 4-6). III. My Spiritual Prayer Requests (vv. 7-11). A. Deliver me from my transgressions. B. Make me not the reproach of the foolish. C. Relieve me of Your severity. IV. My Appeal to the Lord (vv. 12-13). A. Reason 1: My sojourner status in this world. B. Reason 2: Strength before I die.