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O Lord, Deliver My Life

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith.^[a] 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.

Footnotes:

1. Psalm 6:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term

Cross references:

1. Psalm 6:1 : 1 Chr. 15:21
2. Psalm 6:1 : Ps. 38:1
3. Psalm 6:1 : [Ps. 94:12; 118:18; Prov. 3:11, 12; Jer. 30:11; 46:28]; See Heb. 12:3-11
4. Psalm 6:2 : Ps. 30:2; 41:4; 103:3
5. Psalm 6:2 : See Ps. 31:10
6. Psalm 6:3 : [John 12:27]
7. Psalm 6:3 : Ps. 90:13
8. Psalm 6:5 : Ps. 30:9; 88:10-12; 115:17; Isa. 38:18
9. Psalm 6:6 : Ps. 69:3
10. Psalm 6:6 : Ps. 38:9
11. Psalm 6:7 : Ps. 31:9; 88:9; [Ps. 38:10; Job 17:7; Lam. 2:11; 5:17]
12. Psalm 6:8 : Ps. 119:115; 139:19; Matt. 7:23; 25:41; Luke 13:27
13. Psalm 6:8 : Ps. 94:4
14. Psalm 6:8 : [Ps. 3:4]
15. Psalm 6:9 : Ps. 55:1; 1 Kgs. 8:38
16. Psalm 6:10 : Ps. 40:14; 56:9