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Psalms / Chapter 6
Psalm 6 moves from urgent pleas for mercy and healing, through reasons offered for rescue and vivid descriptions of exhausting grief, to a decisive turn where the speaker claims to be heard and confronts hostile opponents.
Yahweh, don`t rebuke me in your anger, Neither discipline me in your wrath.
Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh -- how long?
Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, And save me for your lovingkindness` sake.
For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks?
I am weary with my groaning; Every night I flood my bed; I drench my couch with my tears.
My eye wastes away because of grief; It grows old because of all my adversaries.
Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, For Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping.
Yahweh has heard my supplication. Yahweh will receive my prayer.
May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly. Psalm 7 A meditation by David, which he sang to Yahweh, concerning the words of Cush, the Benjamite.
Psalms journey ยท Psalms 6
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Prayer, lament, praise, kingship, and hope teach God's people to sing truthfully.
Movement
Worship across the whole story
Artifact
Prayer book of the covenant people
Biblical Timeline
Kingdom
Psalms context: 1000 BC - 586 BC
Psalms context
Kingdom / 1000 BC - 586 BC
Psalms context is set in the kingdom period, where Israel's monarchy from David and Solomon to exile.
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Context snapshot
Date
Collected across Israel's worship life, c. 1000-450 BC
Genre
Poetry, prayer, and praise
Setting
Israel/Judah worship tradition
Audience
Israel
World Stage
Davidic and temple worship leaders collection over centuries
Psalms gathers prayers and songs from royal, temple, crisis, exile, and restoration settings. Its world is Israel's worship life across generations, bringing covenant memory into praise, lament, confession, and hope.
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