Psalms 6:1-3

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. A psalm of David.

1 ^[a][b]LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

2 Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint; heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.

3 My soul is in deep anguish. How long, LORD, how long?

Psalms 6:1-3 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 6:1-3 In-Context

1 LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

2 Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint; heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.

3 My soul is in deep anguish. How long, LORD, how long?

4 Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.

5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?

6 I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

7 My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.

Cross References

• 1. S Psalms 2:5; Psalms 38:1
• 2. Psalms 4:1; Psalms 26:11; Jeremiah 3:12; Jeremiah 12:15; Jeremiah 31:20
• 3. Psalms 61:2; Psalms 77:3; Psalms 142:3; Isaiah 40:31; Jeremiah 8:18; Ezekiel 21:7
• 4. S Numbers 12:13; Hosea 6:1
• 5. Psalms 22:14; Psalms 31:10; Psalms 32:3; Psalms 38:3; Psalms 42:10; Psalms 102:3
• 6. S Job 7:11; Psalms 31:7; Psalms 38:8; Psalms 55:4; S John 12:27; Romans 9:2; 2 Corinthians 2:4
• 7. 1 Samuel 1:14; 1 Kings 18:21; Psalms 4:2; Psalms 89:46; Isaiah 6:11; Jeremiah 4:14; Habakkuk 1:2; Zechariah 1:12; Psalms 90:13

Footnotes

• [a]. In Hebrew texts 6:1-10 is numbered 6:2-11.
• [b]. Title: Probably a musical term