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 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!