^1. Psalm 6 For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to [1] A psalm of David.

^1. O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.

^2. Be merciful to me, LORD, for I am faint; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are in agony.

^3. My soul is in anguish. How long, O LORD, how long?

^4. Turn, O LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.

^5. No one remembers you when he is dead. Who praises you from the grave [2] ?

^6. I am worn out from groaning; all night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

^7. My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.

^8. Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping.

^9. The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.

^10. All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.