Psalms 6:1
Rebuke me not, Lord, in your anger, punish me not in your wrath.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
In Context
2Lord, be gracious to me in my weakness. Heal me Lord, for racked is my body;
Cross References
Psalms 4:1Answer my cry, God, my defender. Often from straits you have brought me to spacious places. So now show me your favor and hear my prayer.
Psalms 38:1Reprove me not, Lord, in your anger, and chasten me not in your wrath;
1 Corinthians 11:31But, if we judged ourselves rightly, we should 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 →