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Psalm 6
New International Version

### Psalm 6[a]

#### For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.[b] A psalm of David.

1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger(A)
or discipline me in your wrath.
2 Have mercy on me,(B) Lord, for I am faint;(C)
heal me,(D) Lord, for my bones are in agony.(E)
3 My soul is in deep anguish.(F)
How long,(G) Lord, how long?

4 Turn,(H) Lord, and deliver me;
save me because of your unfailing love.(I)
5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
Who praises you from the grave?(J)

6 I am worn out(K) from my groaning.(L)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping(M)
and drench my couch with tears.(N)
7 My eyes grow weak(O) with sorrow;
they fail because of all my foes.

8 Away from me,(P) all you who do evil,(Q)
for the Lord has heard my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;(R)
the Lord accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;(S)
they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.(T)

#### Footnotes

1. Psalm 6:1 In Hebrew texts 6:1-10 is numbered 6:2-11.
2. Psalm 6:1 Title: Probably a musical term

#### Cross references

1. Psalm 6:1 : S Ps 2:5
2. Psalm 6:2 : Ps 4:1; 26:11; Jer 3:12; 12:15; 31:20
3. Psalm 6:2 : Ps 61:2; 77:3; 142:3; Isa 40:31; Jer 8:18; Eze 21:7
4. Psalm 6:2 : S Nu 12:13
5. Psalm 6:2 : Ps 22:14; 31:10; 32:3; 38:3; 42:10; 102:3
6. Psalm 6:3 : S Job 7:11; Ps 31:7; 38:8; 55:4; S Jn 12:27; Ro 9:2; 2Co 2:4
7. Psalm 6:3 : 1Sa 1:14; 1Ki 18:21; Ps 4:2; 89:46; Isa 6:11; Jer 4:14; Hab 1:2; Zec 1:12
8. Psalm 6:4 : Ps 25:16; 31:2; 69:16; 71:2; 86:16; 88:2; 102:2; 119:132
9. Psalm 6:4 : Ps 13:5; 31:16; 77:8; 85:7; 119:41; Isa 54:8, 10
10. Psalm 6:5 : Ps 30:9; 88:10-12; 115:17; Ecc 9:10; Isa 38:18
11. Psalm 6:6 : S Jdg 8:5
12. Psalm 6:6 : S Job 3:24; S 23:2; Ps 12:5; 77:3; 102:5; La 1:8, 11, 21, 22
13. Psalm 6:6 : S Job 16:16
14. Psalm 6:6 : S Job 7:3; Lk 7:38; Ac 20:19
15. Psalm 6:7 : S Job 16:8; Ps 31:9; 69:3; 119:82; Isa 38:14
16. Psalm 6:8 : Ps 119:115; 139:19
17. Psalm 6:8 : Ps 5:5; S Mt 7:23
18. Psalm 6:9 : Ps 28:6; 116:1
19. Psalm 6:10 : S 2Ki 19:26
20. Psalm 6:10 : Ps 40:14

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