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Psalms 6

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1O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

2Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled.

3My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long?

4Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness’ sake.

5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?

6I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

7Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.

8Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping.

9Jehovah hath heard my supplication; Jehovah will receive my prayer.

10All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled: They shall turn back, they shall be put to shame suddenly.

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Parallel translations · Psalms 6:1

WEB · World English Bible (2000)

O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

KJV · King James Version (1611)

O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

ASV · American Standard Version (1901)

O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

BBE · Bible in Basic English (1949)

O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion.

YLT · Young's Literal Translation (1862)

To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. --A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, in Thine anger reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.

DRA · Douay-Rheims (Challoner) (1752)

Unto the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for the octave.

DBY · Darby Bible (1890)

Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, and chasten me not in thy hot displeasure.

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Key cross-references

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — verses that illuminate Psalms 6:1.

1 Chronicles 15:21
and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.
Psalms 12:1
Help, Jehovah; for the godly man ceaseth; For the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Psalms 118:18
Jehovah hath chastened me sore; But he hath not given me over unto death.
Isaiah 54:9
For this isasthe waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so have I sworn that I will not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Psalms 2:5
Then will he speak unto them in his wrath, And vex them in his sore displeasure:
Isaiah 57:16
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would faint before me, and the souls that I have made.

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