Psalm 6- 1
- Psalm 6 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. [1] 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 [2] ?
- 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.
- [Title: Probably a musical term
- [5] Hebrew Sheol