For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; 2 a psalm of David.
6:1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger!
Do not discipline me in your raging fury! 3
6:2 Have mercy on me, 4 Lord, for I am frail!
Heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking! 5
6:3 I am absolutely terrified, 6
and you, Lord – how long will this continue? 7
6:4 Relent, Lord, rescue me! 8
Deliver me because of your faithfulness! 9
6:5 For no one remembers you in the realm of death, 10
In Sheol who gives you thanks? 11
6:6 I am exhausted as I groan;
all night long I drench my bed in tears; 12
my tears saturate the cushion beneath me. 13
6:7 My eyes 14 grow dim 15 from suffering;
they grow weak 16 because of all my enemies. 17
6:8 Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, 18
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping! 19
6:9 The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy;
the Lord has accepted 20 my prayer.
6:10 May all my enemies be humiliated 21 and absolutely terrified! 22
May they turn back and be suddenly humiliated!