Psalms 6:1
O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
King James Version
In Context
2Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:21And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
Psalms 4:1Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.
Psalms 38:1O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
Isaiah 54:9For this is as the waters of Noah unto me: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.
Jeremiah 10:24O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
1 Corinthians 11:31For if we would judge ourselves, 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 →