Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger (Psalm 6:1–10)
1 DRA A psalm for David, for a remembrance of the sabbath. Rebuke me not, O Lord, in thy indignation; nor chastise me in thy 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 DRA For thy arrows are fastened in me: and thy hand hath been strong upon me. BSB BSB: For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
3 DRA There is no health in my flesh, because of thy wrath: there is no peace for 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 DRA For my iniquities are gone over my head: and as a heavy burden are become heavy upon me. BSB BSB: For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5 DRA My sores are putrified and corrupted, because of my foolishness. BSB BSB: My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
6 DRA I am become miserable, and am bowed down even to the end: I walked sorrowful all the day long. BSB BSB: I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
7 DRA For my loins are 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 DRA I am afflicted and humbled exceedingly: I roared with the groaning of my heart. BSB BSB: I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9 DRA Lord, 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 DRA My heart is troubled, my strength hath left me, and the light of my eyes itself is not with me. BSB BSB: My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11 DRA My friends and my neighbours have drawn near, and stood against me. And they that were near me stood afar off: BSB BSB: My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
12 DRA And they that sought my soul used violence. And they that sought evils to me spoke vain things, and studied 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 DRA But I, as a deaf man, heard not: and 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 DRA And I became as a man that heareth not: and that hath no reproofs in his mouth. BSB BSB: I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
15 DRA For in thee, O Lord, have I hoped: thou wilt hear me, O Lord my God. BSB BSB: I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
16 DRA For I said: Lest at any time my enemies rejoice over me: and whilst my feet are moved, they speak great things against me. BSB BSB: For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
17 DRA For I am ready for scourges: and my sorrow is continually before me. BSB BSB: For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 DRA For I will declare my inequity: and I will think for my sin. BSB BSB: Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 DRA But my enemies live, and are stronger that I: and they hate me wrongfully are multiplied. BSB BSB: Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
20 DRA They that render evil for good, have detracted me, because I followed goodness. BSB BSB: Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
21 DRA Forsake me not, O Lord my God: do not thou depart from me. BSB BSB: Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
22 DRA Attend unto my help, O Lord, the God of my salvation. BSB BSB: Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
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