Psalm 6

Psalm 6

For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument.

1 O LORD, don’t rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your rage.2 Have compassion on me, LORD, for I am weak.
Heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.3 I am sick at heart.
How long, O LORD, until you restore me?4 Return, O LORD, and rescue me.
Save me because of your unfailing love.5 For the dead do not remember you.
Who can praise you from the grave?t6 I am worn out from sobbing.
All night I flood my bed with weeping,
drenching it with my tears.7 My vision is blurred by grief;
my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies.8 Go away, all you who do evil,
for the LORD has heard my weeping.9 The LORD has heard my plea;
the LORD will answer my prayer.10 May all my enemies be disgraced and terrified.
May they suddenly turn back in shame.

Psalm 6

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. A psalm of David.

1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.

2 Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am faint;
O Lord, heal me, for my bones are in agony.

3 My soul is in anguish.
How long, O Lord, how long?

4 Turn, O Lord, and deliver me;
save me because of your unfailing love.

5 No one remembers you when he is dead.
Who praises you from the grave?

6 I am worn out from groaning;
all night long I flood my bed with weeping
and drench my couch with tears.

7 My eyes grow weak with sorrow;
they fail because of all my foes.

8 Away from me, all you who do evil,
for the Lord has heard my weeping.

9 The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;
the Lord accepts my prayer.

10 All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed;
they will turn back in sudden disgrace.