O Lord, Deliver My Life
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to 1 Chr. 15:21The Sheminith.6:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term A Psalm of David.
1 O Lord, Ps. 38:1rebuke me not in your anger,
nor [Ps. 94:12;118:18;Prov. 3:11,12;Jer. 30:11;46:28]; See Heb. 12:3-11discipline me in your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
Ps. 30:2;41:4;103:3heal me, O Lord, See Ps. 31:10for my bones are troubled.
3 My [John 12:27] soul also is greatly troubled.
But you, O Lord—Ps. 90:13how long?
4 Turn, O Lord, deliver my life;
save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5 For in Ps. 30:9;88:10-12;115:17;Isa. 38:18death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?
6 I am Ps. 69:3weary with my Ps. 38:9moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
7 My Ps. 31:9;88:9;[Ps. 38:10;Job 17:7;Lam. 2:11;5:17]eye wastes away because of grief;
it grows weak because of all my foes.
8 Ps. 119:115;139:19;Matt. 7:23;25:41;Luke 13:27Depart from me, all you Ps. 94:4workers of evil,
for the Lord[Ps. 3:4]has heard the sound of my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my Ps. 55:1;1 Kgs. 8:38plea;
the Lord accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
they shall Ps. 40:14;56:9turn back and be put to shame in a moment.