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1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith.*6:1 Sheminith is probably a musical term; here and in 1 Chronicles 15:21 and Psalm 12:1. A Psalm of David.
2 O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.
3 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail;
heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
4 My soul is deeply distressed.
But you, O LORD—how long?
5 Turn, O LORD, and deliver my life;
save me because of your loving devotion.
6 For there is no mention of you in death;
who can praise you from Sheol?
7 I am weary from groaning;
all night I flood my bed with weeping
and drench my couch with tears.
8 My eyes fail from grief;
they grow dim because of all my foes.
9 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity,
for the LORD has heard my weeping.
10 The LORD has heard my cry for mercy;
the LORD accepts my prayer.
11 All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed;
they will turn back in sudden disgrace.