Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger (Psalm 6:1–10)
1 ULT Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger, nor discipline 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 ULT For your arrows have sunk into me, and your hand has come down on me. BSB BSB: For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
3 ULT There is no soundness in my flesh from the face of your indignation; there is no peace in my bones from the face 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 ULT For my iniquities have passed over my head; like 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 ULT My wounds stink, they fester from the face of my foolishness. BSB BSB: My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
6 ULT I am twisted; I am bowed down exceedingly; all the day I go about mourning. BSB BSB: I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
7 ULT 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 ULT I am numb and crushed exceedingly; I roar from the groaning of my heart. BSB BSB: I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9 ULT Lord, all of my desire{ is} before you, and my sighing is not hidden from you. BSB BSB: O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
10 ULT My heart pounds; my strength has left me, and the light of my eyes— even they{ are} not with me. BSB BSB: My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11 ULT My loved ones and my friends stand from before my plague, and my relatives stand from afar. BSB BSB: My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
12 ULT And the seekers of my life lay snares, and the pursuers of my harm speak destructions and mutter treacheries 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 ULT But I{ am} like a deaf man; I do not hear, and like a mute man— he does not open 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 ULT And I am like a man who is not hearing, and there are no rebukes in his mouth. BSB BSB: I am like a man who cannot hear, whose mouth offers no reply.
15 ULT Because for you, Yahweh, I have waited; you, you will answer, Lord my God. BSB BSB: I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
16 ULT For I said,“Lest they rejoice over me; at the slipping of my foot, they magnify{ themselves} against me.” BSB BSB: For I said, “Let them not gloat over me—those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
17 ULT For I am set up for a stumbling, and my pain{ is} before me continually. BSB BSB: For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 ULT For I declare my iniquity; I am anxious because of my sin. BSB BSB: Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 ULT But my living enemies are strong, and my haters of falsehood are many. BSB BSB: Many are my enemies without cause, and many hate me without reason.
20 ULT And the repayers of evil in exchange for good accuse me in exchange for my pursuing of good. BSB BSB: Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
21 ULT Do not forsake me, Yahweh; my God, do not be far from me. BSB BSB: Do not forsake me, O LORD; be not far from me, O my God.
22 ULT Hurry to my help, Lord, my salvation. BSB BSB: Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
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