Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger (Psalm 6:1–10)
1 UEB Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger; do not punish 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 UEB For your arrows pierce me, and your hand presses me down. BSB BSB: For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
3 UEB My whole body is sick because of your anger; there is no health 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 UEB For my iniquities overwhelm me; they are a burden too heavy for me. BSB BSB: For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
5 UEB My wounds are infected and smell because of my foolish sins. BSB BSB: My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
6 UEB I am stooped over and humiliated every day; I go about mourning all day long. BSB BSB: I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
7 UEB For within me, I am filled with burning; 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 UEB I am numb and utterly crushed; I groan because of the anguish of my heart. BSB BSB: I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9 UEB Lord, you understand my heart's deepest yearnings, and my groanings are not hidden from you. BSB BSB: O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
10 UEB My heart pounds, my strength fades, and my eyesight dims. BSB BSB: My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11 UEB My friends and companions shun me because of my condition; my neighbors stand far off. BSB BSB: My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
12 UEB Those who seek my life lay snares for me. They who seek my harm speak destructive words and say deceitful words 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 UEB But I, I am like a deaf man and hear nothing; I am like a mute man who says nothing. BSB BSB: But like a deaf man, I do not hear; and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
14 UEB I am like a man who does not hear and who has no reply. BSB BSB: I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
15 UEB Surely I wait for you, Yahweh; you will answer, Lord my God. BSB BSB: I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
16 UEB I say this so that my enemies will not gloat over me. If my foot slips, they will do terrible things to me. BSB BSB: For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
17 UEB For I am about to stumble, and I am in constant pain. BSB BSB: For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 UEB I confess my guilt; I am concerned about my sin. BSB BSB: Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 UEB But my enemies are numerous; those who hate me wrongfully are many. BSB BSB: Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
20 UEB They repay me evil for good; they hurl accusations at me although I have pursued what is good. BSB BSB: Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
21 UEB Do not abandon me, Yahweh; my God, do not stay far away from me. BSB BSB: Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
22 UEB Come quickly to help me, Lord, my salvation. BSB BSB: Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
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