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Psalm 6 :: New International Version (NIV)

Psa 6:1[fn]For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.[fn] A psalm of David. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
Psa 6:2Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint; heal me, LORD, for my bones are in agony.
Psa 6:3My soul is in deep anguish. How long, LORD, how long?
Psa 6:4Turn, LORD, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.
Psa 6:5Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?
Psa 6:6I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
Psa 6:7My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.
Psa 6:8Away from me, all you who do evil, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
Psa 6:9The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
Psa 6:10All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish; they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.
NIV Footnotes
In Hebrew texts 6:1-10 is numbered 6:2-11.
Title: Probably a musical term
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