Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger (Psalm 6:1–10)
1 DBY A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. BSB BSB: A Psalm of David, for remembrance. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
2 DBY For thine arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand cometh down upon me. BSB BSB: For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
3 DBY There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; no peace in my bones, because of my sin. 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 DBY For mine iniquities are gone over my head: as a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. BSB BSB: For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5 DBY My wounds stink, they are corrupt, because of my foolishness. BSB BSB: My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
6 DBY I am depressed; I am bowed down beyond measure; I go mourning all the day. BSB BSB: I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
7 DBY For my loins are full of burning, and there is no soundness in my flesh. BSB BSB: For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.
8 DBY I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart. BSB BSB: I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9 DBY Lord, all my desire is before thee, and my sighing is not hid from thee. BSB BSB: O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
10 DBY My heart throbbeth, my strength hath left me; and the light of mine eyes, it also is no more with me. BSB BSB: My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11 DBY My lovers and mine associates stand aloof from my stroke; and my kinsmen stand afar off. BSB BSB: My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
12 DBY And they that seek after my life lay snares for me ; and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all the day long. BSB BSB: Those who seek my life lay snares; those who wish me harm speak destruction, plotting deceit all day long.
13 DBY But I, as a deaf man , hear not; and am as a dumb man that openeth not 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 DBY Yea, I am as a man that heareth not, and in whose mouth are no reproofs. BSB BSB: I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
15 DBY For in thee, Jehovah, do I hope: thou wilt answer, O Lord my God. BSB BSB: I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
16 DBY For I said, Let them not rejoice over me! When my foot slipped, they magnified themselves against me. BSB BSB: For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
17 DBY For I am ready to halt, and my pain is continually before me. BSB BSB: For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 DBY For I will declare mine iniquity, I am grieved for my sin. BSB BSB: Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 DBY But mine enemies are lively, they are strong; and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied: BSB BSB: Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
20 DBY And they that render evil for good are adversaries unto me; because I pursue what is good. BSB BSB: Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
21 DBY Forsake me not, Jehovah; O my God, be not far from me. BSB BSB: Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
22 DBY Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation. BSB BSB: Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
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