Psalm 6

¹O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger
    or discipline me in your rage.
²Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak.
    Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.
³I am sick at heart.
    How long, O Lord, until you restore me?

⁴Return, O Lord, and rescue me.
    Save me because of your unfailing love.
⁵For the dead do not remember you.
    Who can praise you from the grave?^[b]

⁶I am worn out from sobbing.
    All night I flood my bed with weeping,
    drenching it with my tears.
⁷My vision is blurred by grief;
    my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies.

⁸Go away, all you who do evil,
    for the Lord has heard my weeping.
⁹The Lord has heard my plea;
    the Lord will answer my prayer.
¹⁰May all my enemies be disgraced and terrified.
    May they suddenly turn back in shame.