Psalms 6:1
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
In Context
2Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:21And Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead the music with lyres according to Sheminith.
Psalms 4:1Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness! You have relieved my distress; show me grace and hear my prayer.
Psalms 38:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
Isaiah 54:9“For to Me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you or rebuke you.
Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
1 Corinthians 11:31Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.
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 →