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About this chapterDavid, worn down by illness and sorrow, pleads with God not to rebuke him in anger and asks for mercy and healing. His bones and soul are troubled, he is exhausted from groaning, and he soaks his bed with tears; he also asks how long, and reminds God that the dead do not praise. Then the mood shifts: the Lord has heard his weeping and accepted his prayer, and his enemies will be put to shame. Traditionally counted among the penitential psalms, it shows an honest cry of pain that ends in confidence.

David, worn down by illness and sorrow, pleads with God not to rebuke him in anger and asks for mercy and healing. His bones and soul are troubled, he is exhausted from groaning, and he soaks his bed with tears; he also asks how long, and reminds God that the dead do not praise. Then the mood shifts: the Lord has heard his weeping and accepted his prayer, and his enemies will be put to shame. Traditionally counted among the penitential psalms, it shows an honest cry of pain that ends in confidence.

Themes

  • Honest lament
  • Plea for mercy
  • Turning to trust

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Psalms 6

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1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. 2Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony. 3My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long? 4Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion. 5For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol? 6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. 7My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes. 8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping. 9The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer. 10All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.

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