Psalm 6

O Lord , Deliver My Life

1O Lord , rebuke me not in your anger,[#Ps. 38:1]

nor discipline me in your wrath.

2Be gracious to me, O Lord , for I am languishing;

heal me, O Lord , for my bones are troubled.

3My soul also is greatly troubled.[#John 12:27]

But you, O Lord —how long?

4Turn, O Lord , deliver my life;

save me for the sake of your steadfast love.

5For in death there is no remembrance of you;[#Ps. 30:9; 88:10-12; 115:17; Isa. 38:18]

in Sheol who will give you praise?

6I am weary with my moaning;[#Ps. 69:3; #Ps. 38:9]

every night I flood my bed with tears;

I drench my couch with my weeping.

7My eye wastes away because of grief;[#Ps. 31:9; 88:9; Ps. 38:10; Job 17:7; Lam. 2:11; 5:17]

it grows weak because of all my foes.

8Depart from me, all you workers of evil,[#Ps. 119:115; 139:19; Matt. 7:23; 25:41; Luke 13:27; #Ps. 94:4]

for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.

9The Lord has heard my plea;[#Ps. 55:1; 1 Kgs. 8:38]

the Lord accepts my prayer.

10All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;

they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

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