Psalm 6
Words: The Psalter of the United Presbyterian Church of North America, 1887 ed.
There is also a Long Metre version of this Psalm on this page
1 In thy great indignation, Lord,
Do thou rebuke me not;
Nor on me lay thy chastening hand
In thy displeasure hot.
2 Lord, I am weak, thy mercy show,
And me restore again;
O heal me, Lord, for thou dost know
My bones are filled with pain.
3 My soul is sorely vexed, but, Lord,
How long stay wilt thou make?
Return, O Lord, my soul set free,
Save for thy mercies' sake.
4 Because of thee in death there shall
No more remembrance be;
Of those that in the grave do lie
Who shall give thanks to thee?
5 I with my groaning weary am;
Through all my night of woe,
My weeping made my bed to swim,
My coach with tears to flow.
6 By reason of my vexing grief
My eye consumes away;
And through my foes, it waxes old
In failure and decay.
7 But now depart from me, all ye
That work iniquity,
Because Jehovah heard my voice
When I did mourn and cry.
8 And to my supplicating voice
The Lord did hearing give;
When I to him address my prayer,
The Lord will it receive.
9 Let all my haters be ashamed,
And smitten with affright;
In shame let them be driven backs
And put to sudden flight.
1 In anger, Lord, rebuke me not;
In chastening, thy fierce wrath restrain;
Lord, pity me, for I am weak,
And heal my bones so vexed with pain,
2 My soul is also sorely vexed;
But, Lord, how long stay wilt thou make?
Return, O Lord, my soul set free;
O save me for thy mercies' sake.
3 For they who sleep the sleep of death,
Of thee shall no remembrance have;
And who is he that will to thee
Give praises lying in the grave?
4 I with my groaning weary am;
Through all the dreary night my bed
I made to swim, and I my couch
Have watered with the tears I shed.
5 My eye, consumed with grief, grows dim,
Because of all my enemies;
Depart, ye wicked workers all,
For God hath heard my weeping cries.
6 My supplication God hath heard,
And will receive my earnest cry;
Ashamed and vexed be all my foes,
And back in sudden terror fly.
