PSALM 6

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

1 O Lord, rebuke me not in thy anger,

nor chasten me in thy wrath.

2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;

O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

3 My soul also is sorely troubled.

But thou, O Lord—how long?

4 Turn, O Lord, save my life;

deliver me for the sake of thy steadfast love.

5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee;

in Sheol who can give thee praise?

6 I am weary with my moaning;

every night I flood my bed with tears;

I drench my couch with my weeping.

7 My eye wastes away because of grief,

it grows weak because of all my foes.

8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil;

for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.

9 The Lord has heard my supplication;

the Lord accepts my prayer.

10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and sorely troubled;

they shall turn back, and be put to shame in a moment.

PSALM 7

A Shiggaion of David, which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush a Benjaminite.

1 O Lord my God, in thee do I take refuge;

save me from all my pursuers, and deliver me,

2 lest like a lion they rend me,

dragging me away, with none to rescue.

3 O Lord my God, if I have done this,

if there is wrong in my hands,

4 if I have requited my friend with evil

or plundered my enemy without cause,

5 let the enemy pursue me and overtake me,

and let him trample my life to the ground,

and lay my soul in the dust. [Selah]

6 Arise, O Lord, in thy anger,

lift thyself up against the fury of my enemies;

awake, O my God;b thou hast appointed a judgment.

7 Let the assembly of the peoples be gathered about thee;

and over it take thy seatc on high.

8 The Lord judges the peoples;

judge me, O Lord, according to my righteousness

and according to the integrity that is in me.

9 O let the evil of the wicked come to an end,

but establish thou the righteous,

thou who triest the minds and hearts,

thou righteous God.

10 My shield is with God,

who saves the upright in heart.

11 God is a righteous judge,

and a God who has indignation every day.

12 If a man* does not repent, God will whet his sword;

he has bent and strung his bow;

13 he has prepared his deadly weapons,

making his arrows fiery shafts.

14 Behold, the wicked man conceives evil,

and is pregnant with mischief,

and brings forth lies.

15 He makes a pit, digging it out,

and falls into the hole which he has made.

16 His mischief returns upon his own head,

and on his own pate his violence descends.

17 I will give to the Lord the thanks due to his righteousness,

and I will sing praise to the name of the Lord, the Most High.