< Psalms 6 >

1 TO THE OVERSEER. WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, ON THE EIGHTH. A PSALM OF DAVID. O YHWH, do not reprove me in Your anger, Nor discipline me in Your fury.
For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
2 Favor me, O YHWH, for I [am] weak, Heal me, O YHWH, For my bones have been troubled,
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
3 And my soul has been troubled greatly, And You, O YHWH, until when?
My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
4 Turn back, O YHWH, draw out my soul, Save me for Your kindness’ sake.
Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
5 For in death there is no memorial of You, In Sheol, who gives thanks to You? (Sheol h7585)
For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol? (Sheol h7585)
6 I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate [on] my bed through all the night, I dissolve my couch with my tear.
I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
7 My eye is old from provocation, It is old because of all my adversaries,
My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
8 Turn from me all you workers of iniquity, For YHWH heard the voice of my weeping,
Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
9 YHWH has heard my supplication, YHWH receives my prayer.
The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies are greatly ashamed and troubled, They turn back—ashamed [in] a moment!
All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.

< Psalms 6 >