The Book of Psalms

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- Chapter 38 -

Do not rebuke me in your anger

(Psalm 6:1-10)

Yahweh, when you are angry with me, do not rebuke me and punish me!

Now it is as though you have shot your arrows at me and wounded me; it is as though you have struck me and knocked me down.

Because you have been angry with me, I am suffering great pain. Because of my sin, my whole body is diseased.

All my sins are like a flood that covers my head; they are like a load that is very heavy; I cannot carry them.

Because I have done foolish things, I have sores that have become worse, and they stink.

Sometimes I am bent over, and sometimes I lie prostrate; I mourn all day.

My body is burning with fever, and I am very ill.

I am completely exhausted, and I have no strength. I am very distressed in my inner being, and I groan with pain.

Yahweh, you know that I desire you to heal me; you hear me while I am groaning.

My heart pounds heavily, and all my strength is gone. I am no longer able to see well.

My friends and neighbors stay away from me because of my sores; even my own family stays far from me.

Those who want to kill me set traps to catch me; those who want to harm me discuss the ways that they can get rid of me; they plot against me all day.

Now I act like a deaf man and do not listen to what they say. I act like a man who cannot talk, and I say nothing to reply to them.

I act like a man who does not answer when people talk to him because he cannot hear anything.

But Yahweh, I trust in you. My Lord God, you will answer me.

I said to you, “Do not cause me to die so that my enemies will rejoice! If troubles overwhelm me, my enemies will do very bad things to me!”

I say that because I am about to fall down, and I constantly have pain.

I confess the wrong things that I have done; I am very sorry for the sins that I have committed.

My enemies are healthy and strong; there are many people who hate me for no reason.

Those who do evil things to me in return for my doing good things to them oppose me because I try to do what is right.

Yahweh, do not abandon me! My God, do not stay far from me!

Lord, you are the one who saves me; quickly come and help me!

Do not rebuke me in your anger

(Psalm 6:1-10)

LORD, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me.

There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.

For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me.

My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness.

I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long.

For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh.

I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart.

Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you.

My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my plague. My kinsmen stand far away.

They also who seek after my life lay snares. Those who seek my hurt speak mischievous things, and meditate deceits all day long.

But I, as a deaf man, don’t hear. I am as a mute man who doesn’t open his mouth.

Yes, I am as a man who doesn’t hear, in whose mouth are no reproofs.

For I hope in you, LORD. You will answer, Lord my God.

For I said, “Don’t let them gloat over me, or exalt themselves over me when my foot slips.”

For I am ready to fall. My pain is continually before me.

For I will declare my iniquity. I will be sorry for my sin.

But my enemies are vigorous and many. Those who hate me without reason are numerous.

They who render evil for good are also adversaries to me, because I follow what is good.

Don’t forsake me, LORD. My God, don’t be far from me.

Hurry to help me, Lord, my salvation.