Psalms 6

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6:1
לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינוֹת עַל־הַשְּׁמִינִית מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד׃
For the Leader; with string-music; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
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6:2
יְהוָה אַל־בְּאַפְּךָ תוֹכִיחֵנִי וְאַל־בַּחֲמָתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵנִי׃
O LORD, rebuke me not in Thine anger, Neither chasten me in Thy wrath.
6:3
חָנֵּנִי יְהוָה כִּי אֻמְלַל אָנִי רְפָאֵנִי יְהוָה כִּי נִבְהֲלוּ עֲצָמָי׃
Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away; Heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.
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6:4
וְנַפְשִׁי נִבְהֲלָה מְאֹד ואת [וְאַתָּה] יְהוָה עַד־מָתָי׃
My soul also is sore affrighted; And Thou, O LORD, how long?
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6:5
שׁוּבָה יְהוָה חַלְּצָה נַפְשִׁי הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ׃
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul; Save me for Thy mercy's sake.
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6:6
כִּי אֵין בַּמָּוֶת זִכְרֶךָ בִּשְׁאוֹל מִי יוֹדֶה־לָּךְ׃
For in death there is no remembrance of Thee; In the nether-world who will give Thee thanks?
6:7
יָגַעְתִּי בְּאַנְחָתִי אַשְׂחֶה בְכָל־לַיְלָה מִטָּתִי בְּדִמְעָתִי עַרְשִׂי אַמְסֶה׃
I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I melt away my couch with my tears.
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6:8
עָשְׁשָׁה מִכַּעַס עֵינִי עָתְקָה בְּכָל־צוֹרְרָי׃
Mine eye is dimmed because of vexation; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
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6:9
סוּרוּ מִמֶּנִּי כָּל־פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן כִּי־שָׁמַע יְהוָה קוֹל בִּכְיִי׃
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
6:10
שָׁמַע יְהוָה תְּחִנָּתִי יְהוָה תְּפִלָּתִי יִקָּח׃
The LORD hath heard my supplication; The LORD receiveth my prayer.
6:11
יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִבָּהֲלוּ מְאֹד כָּל־אֹיְבָי יָשֻׁבוּ יֵבֹשׁוּ רָגַע׃
All mine enemies shall be ashamed and sore affrighted; They shall turn back, they shall be ashamed suddenly.
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The first of the seven penitential psalms

This is the first of the seven psalms later Christian tradition labels 'penitential,' alongside 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143. The opening plea, 'rebuke me not in thine anger,' assumes guilt without ever specifying what it's guilt over. Physical suff...

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Rashi on Psalms 6:1

<b>on the sheminith</b> A harp of eight strings, known as sheminith, and so we find (in I Chron. 15: 21): “So-and-so and his sons on the sheminith to conduct.”

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