Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger
(Psalms 6:1–10)
A Psalm of David, for remembrance.
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger Isa 54:8Heb 12:5-11Psa 6:1Jer 30:11Psa 70:1Jer 10:24Hab 3:2Isa 27:8
or discipline me in Your wrath.
For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, Job 6:4Psa 32:41Sa 5:6Deu 2:15Lam 3:121Sa 5:111Sa 6:9Psa 21:12
and Your hand has pressed down on me.
There is no soundness in my body Psa 6:2Psa 51:8Psa 31:9-10Isa 1:5-6Lam 3:40-422Ch 26:19Job 2:7-8Job 33:19-22
because of Your anger;
there is no rest in my bones
because of my sin.
For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; Psa 40:12Ezr 9:6Mat 11:28Lam 1:141Pe 2:24Isa 53:11Lev 7:18
they are a burden too heavy to bear.
My wounds are foul and festering Isa 1:5-6Jer 8:22Psa 69:5Psa 32:3Psa 38:7
because of my sinful folly.
I am bent and brought low; Job 30:28Psa 35:14Psa 42:9Psa 145:14Psa 31:10Psa 42:5Psa 43:2Psa 57:6
all day long I go about mourning.
For my loins are full of burning pain, 2Ch 21:18-19Psa 102:3Act 12:23Job 30:18Job 7:5Psa 41:8
and no soundness remains in my body.
I am numb and badly crushed; Job 3:24Psa 32:3Job 30:28Isa 59:11Psa 22:1-2
I groan in anguish of heart.
O Lord, my every desire is before You; Psa 10:172Co 5:2Psa 6:6Rom 8:26-27Jhn 1:48Psa 102:5Rom 8:22-23Psa 102:20
my groaning is not hidden from You.
My heart pounds, my strength fails, Psa 6:7Psa 88:9Psa 69:3Lam 5:16-17Psa 119:1231Sa 14:27-29Isa 21:4Lam 2:11
and even the light of my eyes has faded.
My beloved and friends shun my disease, Luk 23:49Psa 31:11Job 19:13-17Jhn 16:32Luk 10:31-32Luk 22:54Psa 88:18Job 6:21-23
and my kinsmen stand at a distance.
Those who seek my life lay snares; 2Sa 17:1-3Psa 35:20Psa 140:5Psa 54:32Sa 16:7-8Luk 20:19-22Psa 119:110Psa 141:9
those who wish me harm speak destruction,
plotting deceit all day long.
But like a deaf man, I do not hear; Isa 53:7Psa 39:91Pe 2:23Psa 39:22Sa 16:10-12
and like a mute man, I do not open my mouth.
I am like a man who cannot hear, Amo 5:13Jhn 8:6Mrk 15:3-5Mic 7:5
whose mouth offers no reply.
I wait for You, O LORD; Psa 39:7Psa 17:6Psa 138:3Psa 123:1-3
You will answer, O Lord my God.
For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— Deu 32:35Psa 94:18Psa 13:3-4Psa 35:24-26
those who taunt me when my foot slips.”
For I am ready to fall, Psa 35:15Psa 6:6Isa 53:3-5Mic 4:6-7Psa 38:6Psa 77:2-3
and my pain is ever with me.
Yes, I confess my iniquity; Pro 28:13Psa 32:5Job 33:27Psa 51:32Co 7:7-11Job 31:33
I am troubled by my sin.
Many are my enemies without cause, 1 Jhn 15:18-25Psa 35:19Mat 10:22Psa 69:4Act 4:25-28Psa 18:17Psa 25:19Psa 3:1
and many hate me without reason. 2
Those who repay my good with evil Psa 35:121Jn 3:12Jer 18:201Pe 4:14-16Jhn 10:321Sa 25:21Psa 109:3-51Pe 3:13
attack me for pursuing the good.
Do not forsake me, O LORD; Psa 22:19Psa 22:24Psa 22:11Psa 35:21-22Psa 22:1
be not far from me, O my God.
Come quickly to help me, Psa 40:13Psa 27:1Isa 12:2Psa 141:1Psa 71:12Psa 40:17Psa 62:6Psa 70:1
O Lord my Savior.