Heart of God Saturdays: Psalm 6

Psalm 6 (English Standard Version)

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

¹O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath.
²Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing;
heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.
³My soul also is greatly troubled.
But you, O LORD— how long?

⁴Turn, O LORD, deliver my life;
save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
⁵For in death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?

⁶I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
⁷My 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.
⁹The LORD has heard my plea;
the LORD accepts my prayer.
¹⁰All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.