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Psalms 6

Prayer for mercy in time of trouble.

For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to Or, the eighth the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

¹To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

²O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, nor chasten me in thy wrath.

³Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

⁴My soul also is sorely troubled. But thou, O LORD--how long?

⁵Turn, O LORD, save my life; deliver me for the sake of thy steadfast love.

⁶For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who can give thee praise?

⁷I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.

⁸My eye wastes away because of grief, it grows weak because of all my foes.

⁹Depart from me, all you workers of evil; for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.

¹⁰The LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD accepts my prayer. [ (Psalms 6:11) All my enemies shall be ashamed and sorely troubled; they shall turn back, and be put to shame in a moment. ]

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