Psalms 6:1
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
2 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
3 My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- KJV
- O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- WEB
- LORD, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.
- ASV
- O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- DARBY
- {To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments, upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, and chasten me not in thy hot displeasure.
- BLB
- For the one directing. With stringed instruments according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. <span class=|reftext|><a href=|#|><b>1</b></a> O YHWH, in Your anger do not rebuke me, and do not discipline me in Your rage.
- ÅB
- Herre, ikke straff meg i din vrede
og ikke tukte meg i din harme! - OTB
- Herre, irettesett meg ikke i din vrede,
Og tukt meg ikke i din harme. - B1930
- Herre, straff mig ikke i din vrede og tukt mig ikke i din harme!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 118:18
The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
Read in contextPsalms 38:1
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
Read in contextJeremiah 10:24
Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
Read in contextJeremiah 46:28
And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”
Read in context1 Corinthians 11:31–32
Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.
Read in context1 Chronicles 15:21
And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.
Read in contextIsaiah 57:16
For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
Read in contextIsaiah 54:9
“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
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