Psalms 6 (WEB)

Chapter Text

6:1 Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.

6:2 Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

6:3 My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh—how long?

6:4 Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness’ sake.

6:5 For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?

6:6 I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.

6:7 My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.

6:8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.

6:9 Yahweh has heard my supplication. Yahweh accepts my prayer.

6:10 May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "grace", "mercy", "yahweh", "rebuke", "anger", "neither", "discipline", and "wrath". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "grace" and "mercy", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local WEB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "grace" and "mercy" carries the first interpretive weight. In The LORD as Shepherd, the local focus is trust, covenant mercy, guidance, and worship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "grace" and "mercy" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.