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Lament · David

Psalm 6

For the night you’ve cried until nothing is left, and you don’t know if God is angry.

10 verses≈ 3 minBSB

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Where we are

  1. 1–41Book IDavid's prayers: 'The LORD is my shepherd'Psalm 6
  2. 42–72Book II'As the deer pants'; the throne under pressure
  3. 73–89Book IIIAsaph and Korah: the kingdom falls
  4. 90–106Book IVBack to Moses: the LORD reigns
  5. 107–150Book VSongs of ascents, and the last Hallelujah

Do Not Rebuke Me in Your Anger

For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger

or discipline me in Your wrath.

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Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail;

heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.

My soul is deeply distressed.

How long, O LORD, how long?

Evening in a rocky valley, a low tomb door in the rock closed with a rough round-shouldered stone.

Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul;

save me because of Your loving devotion.

For there is no mention of You in death;

who can praise You from Sheol?

Reflect

How long?

Has anyone told you that you can’t say ‘How long?’ to God? Say it now.

A dark room with a clay lamp nearly out on a stool, a crumpled dark cloak on the floor beside it, a small high window black with night.

I am weary from groaning;

all night I flood my bed with weeping

and drench my couch with tears.

My eyes fail from grief;

they grow dim because of all my foes.

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Narrated by Bob Souer · BSB audio, public domain

First light at the same dark room, the door pushed open, gray-gold morning on the threshold and the lane, a burned-out clay lamp on the sill.

Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity,

for the LORD has heard my weeping.

The LORD has heard my cry for mercy;

the LORD accepts my prayer.

Psalm 6:9

All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed;

they will turn back in sudden disgrace.

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A verse to carry with you

The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.

Psalm 6:9

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