Psalm 6 | New International Reader’s Version

For the director of music. According to sheminith. A psalm of David to be played on stringed instruments.

1 LORD, don’t correct me when you are angry. Don’t punish me when you are very angry.

2 LORD, have mercy on me. I’m so weak. LORD, heal me. My body is full of pain.

3 My soul is very troubled. LORD, how long will it be until you save me?

4 LORD, turn to me and help me. Save me. Your love never fails.

5 Dead people can’t call out your name. How can they praise you when they are in the grave?

6 My groaning has worn me out. All night long my tears flood my bed. My bed is wet because of my crying.

7 I’m so sad I can’t see very well. My eyesight gets worse because of all my enemies.

8 Get away from me, all you who do evil. The LORD has heard my weeping.

9 The LORD has heard my cry for his mercy. The LORD accepts my prayer.

10 All my enemies will be covered with shame and trouble. They will turn back in shame. It will happen suddenly.

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English Standard Version

O Lord, Deliver My Life

1 To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith.* A Psalm of David. O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.

2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.

3 My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O Lord—how long?

4 Turn, O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.

5 For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?

6 I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.

7 My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes.

8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.

9 The Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer.

10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

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