Psalms 6
The AIT Bible
0For the director, with stringed instruments, upon the sheminith. A psalm of David.
A Plea for Mercy in Distress
1Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger, and do not discipline me in your wrath.
2Be gracious to me, Yahweh, for I am languishing; heal me, Yahweh, for my bones are terrified.
3And my soul is greatly terrified; and you, Yahweh—how long?
4Turn, Yahweh, deliver my soul; save me for the sake of your loyal love.
5For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you thanks?
6I am weary with my groaning; every night I flood my bed; with my tears I drench my couch.
7My eye is wasted away from grief; it grows weak because of all my adversaries.
8Turn away from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the sound of my weeping.
9Yahweh has heard my plea for grace; Yahweh will receive my prayer.
10All my enemies will be ashamed and greatly terrified; they will turn back, ashamed in a moment.
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Cross-references in this chapter
Where this passage connects across Scripture — each link typed and reasoned, part of the AIT Bible Nexus Chart.
A Plea for Mercy in Distress
- parallel Psalms 38:1 — Nearly identical opening plea that God not rebuke or discipline in anger/wrath.
- echoed in Jeremiah 10:17 — Both plead for discipline in justice rather than in God's anger.
- allusion Luke 13:27 — Jesus quotes 'depart from me, all you workers of iniquity,' echoing this verse.
- echoed in Luke 13:22 — The command 'Depart from me, all you workers of unrighteousness' echoes the psalmist's words to evildoers.
- allusion Matthew 7:23 — Jesus' 'depart from me, you workers of lawlessness' echoes the psalmist's dismissal of workers of iniquity.
- echoed in Matthew 7:21 — Jesus quotes the psalmist's dismissal 'depart from me, you workers of lawlessness/iniquity.'
- thematic Ecclesiastes 9:1 — Both describe the dead as knowing nothing and having no remembrance, a shared OT view of Sheol.
- thematic Isaiah 38:18 — Hezekiah's lament likewise states that Sheol and death cannot praise or hope in God.
- thematic Isaiah 38:9 — Both express that the dead in Sheol cannot praise or remember God, motivating a plea for continued life.
- thematic Psalms 13:1 — The anguished 'how long?' lament directed to Yahweh in distress.
- thematic Psalms 30:9 — Shared motif that the dead cannot remember or praise God, used to plead for deliverance.
- thematic Psalms 88:10 — Same argument that there is no praise or remembrance of God in death/Sheol.
- thematic Psalms 30:1 — Shared argument that the dead in the grave/dust cannot praise or thank God, urging deliverance.
- thematic Psalms 41:4 — Shared petition for Yahweh's healing grace by a sinner on the sickbed.
- thematic Psalms 44:23 — Both appeal to God's loyal love (hesed) as the ground for redemption/deliverance.
- thematic Psalms 88:1 — Shared motif that the dead cannot praise Yahweh, arguing that death cuts off remembrance and worship.
- thematic Psalms 90:13 — Shared lament cry 'How long?' pleading for God's compassion.
- thematic Psalms 115:9 — The dead cannot praise God, expressing the same view that praise belongs to the living.