PSALM 6 [†] O LORD,  w rebuke me not in your anger,

nor  x discipline me in your wrath.

2[^] Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing;

 y heal me, O LORD,  z for my bones are troubled.

3 My  a soul also is greatly troubled.

But you, O LORD— b how long?

4[†] Turn, O LORD, deliver my life;

save me for the sake of your steadfast love.

5[†] For in  c death there is no remembrance of you;

in Sheol who will give you praise?

6[†] I am  d weary with my  e moaning;

every night I flood my bed with tears;

I drench my couch with my weeping.

7 My  f eye wastes away because of grief;

it grows weak because of all my foes.

8[†]  g Depart from me, all you  h workers of evil,

for the LORD  i has heard the sound of my weeping.

9[†] The LORD has heard my  j plea;

the LORD accepts my prayer.

10[†] All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;

they shall  k turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

A  l Shiggaion [1] of David, which he sang to the LORD concerning the words of Cush, a Benjaminite.