Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger (Psalm 6:1–10)
1 WBS A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, 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 WBS For thy arrows stick fast in me, and thy hand falleth heavy upon me. BSB BSB: For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me.
3 WBS There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy anger; neither is there any rest 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 WBS For my iniquities have 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 WBS My wounds are offensive, and are corrupt because of my foolishness. BSB BSB: My wounds are foul and festering because of my sinful folly.
6 WBS I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. BSB BSB: I am bent and brought low; all day long I go about mourning.
7 WBS For my loins are filled with a lothsome disease : 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 WBS I am feeble and grievously broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart. BSB BSB: I am numb and badly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
9 WBS LORD, all my desire is before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee. BSB BSB: O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
10 WBS My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of my eyes, that also is gone from me. BSB BSB: My heart pounds, my strength fails, and even the light of my eyes has faded.
11 WBS My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my affliction; and my kinsmen stand afar off. BSB BSB: My beloved and friends shun my disease, and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
12 WBS They also that seek after my life lay snares for me : and they that seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and imagine 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 WBS But I, as a deaf man , heard not; and I was 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 WBS Thus I was 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 WBS For in thee, O LORD, do I hope: thou wilt hear, O LORD my God. BSB BSB: I wait for You, O LORD; You will answer, O Lord my God.
16 WBS For I said, Hear me , lest otherwise they should rejoice over me: when my foot slippeth, 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 WBS For I am ready to halt, and my sorrow is continually before me. BSB BSB: For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me.
18 WBS For I will declare my iniquity; I will be sorry for my sin. BSB BSB: Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
19 WBS But my enemies are lively, and 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 WBS They also that render evil for good are my adversaries; because I follow the thing that is good. BSB BSB: Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
21 WBS Forsake me not, O LORD: 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 WBS Make haste to help me, O LORD my salvation. BSB BSB: Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior.
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