O Lord, Deliver My Life
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith.a A Psalm of David.
1 O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath.
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith.a A Psalm of David.
1 O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
3 My soul also is greatly troubled.
But you, O Lord — how long?
But you, O Lord — how long?
4 Turn, O Lord, deliver my life;
save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5 For in death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?
in Sheol who will give you praise?
6 I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
7 My eye wastes away because of grief;
it grows weak because of all my foes.
it grows weak because of all my foes.
8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my plea;
the Lord accepts my prayer.
the Lord accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.
they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.