Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger (Psalm 6:1–10)
1 CPDV A Psalm of David, in commemoration of the Sabbath. O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your wrath. BSB BSB: A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
2 CPDV For your arrows have been driven into me, and your hand has been confirmed over me. BSB BSB: For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
3 CPDV There is no health in my flesh before the face of your wrath. There is no peace for my bones before the face 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 CPDV For my iniquities have walked over my head, and they have been like a heavy burden weighing upon me. BSB BSB: For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5 CPDV My sores have putrefied and been corrupted before the face of my foolishness. BSB BSB: My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
6 CPDV I have become miserable, and I have been bent down, even to the end. I have walked with contrition all day long. BSB BSB: I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
7 CPDV For my loins have been filled with illusions, 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 CPDV I have been afflicted and greatly humbled. I bellowed from the groaning of my heart. BSB BSB: I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9 CPDV O Lord, all my desire is before you, and my groaning before you has not been hidden. BSB BSB: O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
10 CPDV My heart has been disturbed. My strength has abandoned me, and the light of my eyes has abandoned me, and it is not with me. BSB BSB: My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11 CPDV My friends and my neighbors have drawn near and stood against me. And those who were next to me stood far apart. And those who sought my soul used violence. BSB BSB: My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
12 CPDV And those who sought evil accusations against me were speaking emptiness. And they practiced deceitfulness all day long. BSB BSB: Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
13 CPDV But, like someone deaf, I did not hear. And I was like someone mute, 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 CPDV And I became like a man who does not hear, and who has no reproofs in his mouth. BSB BSB: I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
15 CPDV For in you, Lord, I have hoped. You will listen to me, O Lord my God. BSB BSB: I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
16 CPDV For I said, “Lest at any time, my enemies might rejoice over me,” and, “While my feet are being shaken, they have spoken great things against me.” BSB BSB: For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
17 CPDV For I have been prepared for scourges, and my sorrow is ever before me. BSB BSB: For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 CPDV For I will announce my iniquity, and I will think about my sin. BSB BSB: Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 CPDV But my enemies live, and they have been stronger than me. And those who have wrongfully hated me have been multiplied. BSB BSB: Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
20 CPDV Those who render evil for good have dragged me down, because I followed goodness. BSB BSB: Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
21 CPDV Do not forsake me, O Lord my God. Do not depart from me. BSB BSB: Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
22 CPDV Be attentive to my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation. BSB BSB: Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
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