Psalm 6

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

A psalm of David.

 ¹O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
       or discipline me in your wrath.
 ² Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint;
       O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.
 ³ My soul is in anguish.
       How long, O LORD, how long?
 ⁴ Turn, O LORD, and deliver me;
       save me because of your unfailing love.
 ⁵ No one remembers you when he is dead.
       Who praises you from the grave?
 ⁶ I am worn out from groaning;
       all night long I flood my bed with weeping
       and drench my couch with tears.
 ⁷ My eyes grow weak with sorrow;
       they fail because of all my foes.
 ⁸ Away from me, all you who do evil,
       for the LORD has heard my weeping.
 ⁹ The LORD has heard my cry for mercy;
       the LORD accepts my prayer.
 ¹⁰ All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed;
       they will turn back in sudden disgrace.