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Psalms 6:1
1Lord, when you are angry, please do not punish me.
Psalms 6:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
- New International Version (NIV)Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure.
Context of Psalms 6:1
Lord, when you are angry, please do not punish me. 2I do not feel strong, Lord, so please be kind to me. Lord, please make me well again. Even my bones are shaking. 3I am very frightened. Lord, when will you do something to help me?
Read all of Psalms 6Psalms 6:1 word by word
יְֽהוָ֗ה אַל־בְּאַפְּךָ֥ תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי וְֽאַל־בַּחֲמָתְךָ֥ תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 6:1
- Psalms 4:1God, please answer me when I call aloud for help. You are the one who shows that I am right. Help me in my trouble. Show me that you are kind. Listen to me when I pray.
- Psalms 12:1Lord, please help me! All the good people have gone away! No kind or faithful people remain.
- 1 Chronicles 15:21They chose these musicians to make music in a special way with lyres: Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel and Azaziah.
- Psalms 2:5Then he becomes very angry and he frightens them. He warns them with strong words and he says,
- Psalms 38:1Lord, when you are angry, please do not punish me.
- Isaiah 54:9‘This is like what I did in Noah's time. At that time, I promised that a flood of water would never again destroy the earth. Now, at this time, I have promised that I will not be angry with you again. I will not speak against you again.
- Isaiah 57:16I will not always speak against my people. I will not be angry with them for ever. I do not want them to lose hope completely. I myself gave life to them.
- Jeremiah 10:24Lord, teach us what is right, but do it carefully. Please do not punish us in your anger. That would be the end of us.
- Jeremiah 46:28So do not be afraid, descendants of my servant Jacob. I am with you to help you. I may completely destroy all the nations where I send you to live. But I will never completely destroy you. I will certainly punish you, to teach you what is right. But I will do that in a fair way.’ That is what the Lord says.
- 1 Corinthians 11:31But if we think carefully about ourselves, then God will not need to punish us.
Commentaries on Psalms 6:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1O Lord, rebuke me not - This Psalm, Which is one of the seven Penitential Psalms, is supposed to have been written during some grievous disease with which David was afflicted after his transgression with Bath-sheba. It argues a deep consciousness of sin, and apprehension of the just displeasure of God. It is the very language of a true penitent who is looking around for help, and who sees, as Bishop Horne well expresses it, "above, an angry God, ready to…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger - As if God was rebuking him by the affliction which he was bringing upon him. This is the point on which the attention of the psalmist is now fixed. He had been apparently contemplating his afflictions, and inquiring into their cause, and he was led to the conclusion that it might be for his sins, and that his trials were to be interpreted as proof that God was angry with him. He speaks, therefore, of God as visiting…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The psalmist deprecates God's wrath, and begs for the return of his favour. (1-7) He assures himself of an answer of peace. (8-10) Verses 1-7 These verses speak the language of a heart truly humbled, of a broken and contrite spirit under great afflictions, sent to awaken conscience and mortify corruption. Sickness brought sin to his remembrance, and he looked upon it as a token of God's displeasure against him. The affliction of his body will be…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1do not rebuke me … or discipline me: The psalmist does not clearly connect God's discipline with sin here (compare Psalm 39:8–11), but it might be implied.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-101. He owns his ill desert in begging a relief from chastisement.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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