New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 6:1
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, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor discipline me in Your wrath. 2Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am frail; Heal me, Lord, for my bones are horrified. 3And my soul is greatly horrified; But You, Lord--how long?
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יְֽהוָ֗ה אַל־בְּאַפְּךָ֥ תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי וְֽאַל־בַּחֲמָתְךָ֥ תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 6:1
- Psalms 4:1Answer me when I call, God of my righteousness! You have relieved me in my distress; Be gracious to me and hear my prayer.
- Psalms 12:1Help, Lord, for the godly person has come to an end, For the faithful have disappeared from the sons of mankind.
- 1 Chronicles 15:21and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, to lead with lyres tuned to the sheminith.
- Psalms 2:5Then He will speak to them in His anger And terrify them in His fury, saying,
- Psalms 38:1Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, And do not punish me in Your burning anger.
- Isaiah 54:9“For this is like the days of Noah to Me, When I swore that the waters of Noah Would not flood the earth again; So I have sworn that I will not be angry with you Nor rebuke you.
- Isaiah 57:16For I will not contend forever, Nor will I always be angry; For the spirit would grow faint before Me, And the breath of those whom I have made.
- Jeremiah 10:24Correct me, Lord, but with justice; Not with Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
- Jeremiah 46:28Jacob My servant, do not fear,” declares the Lord, “For I am with you. For I will make a complete destruction of all the nations Where I have driven you, Yet I will not make a complete destruction of you; But I will correct you properly And by no means leave you unpunished.”
- 1 Corinthians 11:31But if we judged ourselves rightly, we would not be judged.
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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