Psalms 6
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PSALM 6
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Meter: 8,8,8,8
To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith,
A Psalm of David.
1Lord, in thy wrath rebuke me not;
Nor in thy hot rage chasten me.
2Lord, pity me, for I am weak:
Heal me, for my bones vexed be.
3My soul is also vexed sore;
But, Lord, how long stay wilt thou make?
4Return, O Lord, my soul set free;
O save me, for thy mercies' sake.
5Because those that deceased are
Of thee shall no remembrance have;
And who is he that will to thee
Give praises lying in the grave?
6I with my groaning weary am,
I also all the night my bed
Have caused for to swim; and I
With tears my couch have watered.
7Mine eye, consum'd with grief, grows old,
Because of all mine enemies.
8Hence from me, wicked workers all;
For God hath heard my weeping cries.
9God hath my supplication heard,
My pray'r received graciously
10Sham'd and sore vex'd be all my foes,
Sham'd and back turned suddenly.
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Psalms 6
6
Prayer in Distress
1For the leader; with stringed instruments, “upon the eighth.”#Upon the eighth: apparently a musical notation, now lost.
A psalm of David.
I
2Do not reprove me in your anger, Lord,
nor punish me in your wrath.#Ps 38:2.
3Have pity on me, Lord, for I am weak;
heal me, Lord, for my bones are shuddering.#Jer 17:14–15.
4My soul too is shuddering greatly—
and you, Lord, how long…?#How long?: elliptical for “How long will it be before you answer my prayer?” cf. Ps 13:2–3.#Ps 13:2–3; 74:10; 89:47.
5Turn back, Lord, rescue my soul;
save me because of your mercy.
6For in death there is no remembrance of you.
Who praises you in Sheol?#A motive for God to preserve the psalmist from death: in the shadowy world of the dead no one offers you praise. Sheol is the biblical term for the underworld where the insubstantial souls of dead human beings dwelt. It was similar to the Hades of Greek and Latin literature. In the second century B.C., biblical books begin to speak positively of life with God after death (Dn 12:1–3; Wis 3).#Ps 30:10; 88:11; 115:17; Is 38:18.
II
7I am wearied with sighing;
all night long I drench my bed with tears;
I soak my couch with weeping.
8My eyes are dimmed with sorrow,
worn out because of all my foes.#Ps 31:10; 38:11; 40:13.
III
9Away from me, all who do evil!#Ps 119:115; Mt 7:23; Lk 13:27.
The Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
10The Lord has heard my plea;
the Lord will receive my prayer.
11My foes will all be disgraced and will shudder greatly;
they will turn back in sudden disgrace.#Ps 35:4, 26; 40:15; 71:13.
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