Psalm 6

A Prayer for Mercy

For the choir director: with stringed instruments, according to Sheminith.(A) A Davidic psalm.

Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger;
do not discipline me in Your wrath.(B)

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Psalm 6[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.[b] A psalm of David.

Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger(A)
    or discipline me in your wrath.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 6:1 In Hebrew texts 6:1-10 is numbered 6:2-11.
  2. Psalm 6:1 Title: Probably a musical term

20 The Lord will[a] save me;
we will play stringed instruments
all the days of our lives
at the house of the Lord.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 38:20 Lit to

20 The Lord will save me,
    and we will sing(A) with stringed instruments(B)
all the days of our lives(C)
    in the temple(D) of the Lord.

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19 Yahweh my Lord is my strength;
He makes my feet like those of a deer(A)
and enables me to walk on mountain heights!(B)

For the choir director: on[a] stringed instruments.

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Footnotes

  1. Habakkuk 3:19 Lit on my

19 The Sovereign Lord is my strength;(A)
    he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,
    he enables me to tread on the heights.(B)

For the director of music. On my stringed instruments.

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