A Prayer of Faith in Time of Distress

To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. (A)On [a]an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David.

O Lord, (B)do not rebuke me in Your anger,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 6:1 Heb. sheminith

Prayer in Time of Chastening

A Psalm of David. (A)To bring to remembrance.

38 O Lord, do not (B)rebuke me in Your wrath,
Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure!

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28 Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the Lord,
“For I am with you;
For I will make a complete end of all the nations
To which I have driven you,
But I will not make (A)a complete end of you.
I will rightly (B)correct you,
For I will not leave you wholly unpunished.”

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18 The Lord has (A)chastened[a] me severely,
But He has not given me over to death.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 118:18 disciplined

31 For (A)if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. 32 But when we are judged, (B)we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world.

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24 O Lord, (A)correct me, but with justice;
Not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.

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16 (A)For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For the spirit would fail before Me,
And the souls (B)which I have made.

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21 Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, to direct with harps on the (A)Sheminith;

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“For this is like the waters of (A)Noah to Me;
For as I have sworn
That the waters of Noah would no longer cover the earth,
So have I sworn
That I would not be angry with (B)you, nor rebuke you.

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The Safety of the Faithful

To the [a]Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. A Psalm of David.

Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have relieved me in my distress;
[b]Have mercy on me, and hear my prayer.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 4:1 Choir Director
  2. Psalm 4:1 Be gracious to me

Man’s Treachery and God’s Constancy

To the Chief Musician. (A)On [a]an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David.

12 Help,[b] Lord, for the godly man (B)ceases!
For the faithful disappear from among the sons of men.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 12:1 Heb. sheminith
  2. Psalm 12:1 Save

Then He shall speak to them in His wrath,
And distress them in His deep displeasure:

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