Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger (Psalm 6:1–10)
1 Brenton A Psalm of David for remembrance concerning the Sabbath-day. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thine anger. BSB BSB: A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
2 Brenton For thy weapons are fixed in me, and thou hast pressed thy hand heavily upon me. BSB BSB: For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
3 Brenton For there is no health in my flesh because of thine anger; there is no peace to my bones because of my sins. BSB BSB: There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
4 Brenton For my transgressions have gone over mine head: they have pressed heavily upon me like a weighty burden. BSB BSB: For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5 Brenton My bruises have become noisome and corrupt, because of my foolishness. BSB BSB: My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
6 Brenton I have been wretched and bowed down continually: I went with a mourning countenance all the day. BSB BSB: I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
7 Brenton For my soul is filled with mockings; and there is no health in my flesh. BSB BSB: For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
8 Brenton I have been afflicted and brought down exceedingly: I have roared for the groaning of my heart. BSB BSB: I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9 Brenton But all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hidden from thee. BSB BSB: O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
10 Brenton My heart is troubled, my strength has failed me; and the light of mine eyes is not with me. BSB BSB: My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11 Brenton My friends and my neighbours drew near before me, and stood still; and my nearest of kin stood afar off. BSB BSB: My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
12 Brenton While they pressed hard upon me that sought my soul: and they that sought my hurt spoke vanities, and devised deceits all the day. BSB BSB: Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
13 Brenton But I, as a deaf man, heard not; and was as a dumb man not opening his mouth. BSB BSB: But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
14 Brenton And I was as a man that hears not, and who has no reproofs in his mouth. BSB BSB: I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
15 Brenton For I hoped in thee, O Lord: thou wilt hear, O Lord my God. BSB BSB: I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
16 Brenton For I said, Lest mine enemies rejoice against me: for when my feet were moved, they spoke boastingly against me. BSB BSB: For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
17 Brenton For I am ready for plagues, and my grief is continually before me. BSB BSB: For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 Brenton For I will declare mine iniquity, and be distressed for my sin. BSB BSB: Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 Brenton But mine enemies live, and are mightier than I: and they that hate me unjustly are multiplied. BSB BSB: Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
20 Brenton They that reward evil for good slandered me; because I followed righteousness. BSB BSB: Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
21 Brenton Forsake me not, O Lord my God: depart not from me. BSB BSB: Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
22 Brenton Draw nigh to my help, O Lord of my salvation. BSB BSB: Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
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