Psalm 6

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

¹Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger

or discipline me in your wrath.

²Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint;

heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.

³My soul is in deep anguish.

How long, Lord, how long?

⁴Turn, Lord, and deliver me;

save me because of your unfailing love.

⁵Among the dead no one proclaims your name.

Who praises you from the grave?

⁶I am worn out from my groaning.

All night long I flood my bed with weeping

and drench my couch with tears.

⁷My eyes grow weak with sorrow;

they fail because of all my foes.

⁸Away from me, all you who do evil,

for the Lord has heard my weeping.

⁹The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;

the Lord accepts my prayer.

¹⁰All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;

they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.