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Psalms 6
Traditionally the first of the penitential psalms, this is a cry from illness and exhaustion. The plea is not to be rebuked in anger but healed, because the body is faint and the bones are troubled (vv.1-2). The unanswered "how long?" in verse 3 carries the whole ache of the prayer.
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LORD, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.
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Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint. LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
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My soul is also in great anguish. But you, LORD—how long?
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Return, LORD. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness’ sake.
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For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
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I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.
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My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.
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Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.
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The LORD has heard my supplication. The LORD accepts my prayer.
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May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.
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Al Músico principal: en Neginoth sobre Seminith: Salmo de David. JEHOVÁ, no me reprendas en tu furor, ni me castigues con tu ira.
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Ten misericordia de mí, oh Jehová, porque yo estoy debilitado: sáname, oh Jehová, porque mis huesos están conmovidos.
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Mi alma asimismo está muy conturbada: y tú, Jehová, ¿hasta cuándo?
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Vuelve, oh Jehová, libra mi alma; sálvame por tu misericordia.
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Porque en la muerte no hay memoria de ti: ¿quién te loará en el sepulcro?
- 6
Heme consumido á fuerza de gemir: todas las noches inundo mi lecho, riego mi estrado con mis lágrimas.
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Mis ojos están carcomidos de descontento; hanse envejecido á causa de todos mis angustiadores.
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Apartaos de mí, todos los obradores de iniquidad; porque Jehová ha oído la voz de mi lloro.
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Jehová ha oído mi ruego; ha recibido Jehová mi oración.
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Se avergonzarán, y turbaránse mucho todos mis enemigos; volveránse y serán avergonzados subitáneamente.
From flooded bed to sudden turn
The poem soaks in grief — every night the bed is flooded, the couch drenched with tears, the eye wasting away (vv.6-7). Then it pivots hard: the speaker suddenly knows the LORD has heard his weeping and accepts his prayer (vv.8-9), and dismisses the enemies who will themselves be put to shame. One verse turns sorrow into assurance.
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