Psalm 6

For the choir director: A psalm of David, to be accompanied by an eight-stringed instrument. Hebrew with stringed instruments; according to the sheminith. ¹O LORD, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage. ² Have compassion on me, LORD, for I am weak. Heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony. ³ I am sick at heart. How long, O LORD, until you restore me?

⁴Return, O LORD, and rescue me. Save me because of your unfailing love. ⁵ For the dead do not remember you. Who can praise you from the grave? Hebrew from Sheol?

⁶I am worn out from sobbing. All night I flood my bed with weeping, drenching it with my tears. ⁷ My vision is blurred by grief; my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies.

⁸Go away, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping. ⁹ The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD will answer my prayer. ¹⁰ May all my enemies be disgraced and terrified. May they suddenly turn back in shame.