Psalm 6

1  O LORD, rebuke me not in Your anger nor discipline and chasten me in Your hot displeasure.2  Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am weak (faint and withered away); O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.3  My [inner] self [as well as my body] is also exceedingly disturbed and troubled. But You, O Lord, how long [until You return and speak peace to me]?4  Return [to my relief], O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of Your steadfast love and mercy.5  For in death there is no remembrance of You; in Sheol (the place of the dead) who will give You thanks?6  I am weary with my groaning; all night I soak my pillow with tears, I drench my couch with my weeping.7  My eye grows dim because of grief; it grows old because of all my enemies.8  Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping. 9  The Lord has heard my supplication; the Lord receives my prayer.10  Let all my enemies be ashamed and sorely troubled; let them turn back and be put to shame suddenly.

Psalm 6

For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David.

1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger!
Do not discipline me in your raging fury!

2 Have mercy on me,Lord, for I am frail!
Heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking!

3 I am absolutely terrified,
and you, Lord – how long will this continue?

4 Relent, Lord, rescue me!
Deliver me because of your faithfulness!

5 For no one remembers you in the realm of death,
In Sheol who gives you thanks?

6 I am exhausted as I groan;
all night long I drench my bed in tears;
my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.

7 My eyes grow dim from suffering;
they grow weak because of all my enemies.

8 Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping!

9 The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy;
the Lord has accepted my prayer.

10 May all my enemies be humiliated and absolutely terrified!
May they turn back and be suddenly humiliated!