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Do not Rebuke Me in Your Anger

¹ For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith^(a). A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, or discipline me in Your wrath.² Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.³ My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?⁴ Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.⁵ For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?⁶ I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.⁷ My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.

⁸ Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.⁹ The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.¹⁰ All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.