Psalms 6:1
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
In Context
2Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am withered away. O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:21And Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.
Psalms 4:1Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness. Thou have enlarged me in distress. Have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Psalms 38:1O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath, nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Isaiah 54:9For this is [as] the waters of Noah to me. For as I have sworn that the waters of Noah shall no more go over the earth, so I have sworn that I will not be angry with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Jeremiah 10:24O LORD, correct me, but in measure, not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
1 Corinthians 11:31But if we were discerning ourselves we would not be judged.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 6:1
David was a weeping prophet as well as Jeremiah, and this psalm is one of his lamentations: either it was penned in a time, or at least calculated for a time, of great trouble, both outward and inward. Is any afflicted? Is any sick? Let him sing this psalm. The method of this psalm is very observable, and what we shall often meet with. He begins with doleful complaints, but ends with joyful praises; like Hannah, who went to prayer with a sorrowful spirit, but, when she had prayed, went her way, and her countenance… Read the whole commentary →