Psalms 6
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Psalm 6
Prayer for Recovery from Grave Illness
To the leader: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
1 #
Ps 2.5; 38.1 O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.
2 #
Ps 41.4; 51.1 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
O Lord, heal me, for my bones are shaking with terror.
3 #
Ps 90.13; Jn 12.27 My soul also is struck with terror,
while you, O Lord—how long?
4Turn, O Lord, save my life;
deliver me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5 #
Ps 30.9; Isa 38.18 For in death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who can give you praise?
6I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
7 #
Ps 31.9
My eyes waste away because of grief;
they grow weak because of all my foes.
8 #
Ps 5.5; 28.6; 119.115; Lk 13.27 Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
9 #
Ps 66.19, 20; 116.1 The Lord has heard my supplication;
the Lord accepts my prayer.
10All my enemies shall be ashamed and struck with terror;
they shall turn back and in a moment be put to shame.
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