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With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. A psalm of David. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />O LORD, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. On an eight-stringed harp. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the music director; with stringed instruments, upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David. LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor discipline me in Your wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For the choir director; with stringed instruments, upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />O Lord, do not rebuke me in Thine anger, Nor chasten me in Thy wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For the choir director. With stringed instruments. According to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O Yahweh, do not reprove me in Your anger, Nor discipline me in Your wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />To the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set [possibly] an octave below. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke <i>or</i> punish me in Your anger, Nor discipline me in Your wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the choir director: with stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. † A psalm of David. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger; do not discipline me in your wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the choir director: with stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Davidic psalm. LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger; do not discipline me in Your wrath. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Don't punish me, LORD, or even correct me when you are angry! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />[For the choir director; with stringed instruments, on the [sheminith]; a psalm by David.] O LORD, do not punish me in your anger or discipline me in your rage. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />LORD, don't be angry and rebuke me! Don't punish me in your anger! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />LORD, in your anger, do not rebuke me, in your wrath, do not discipline me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments, according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger! Do not discipline me in your raging fury! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />[For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David.] LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, upon the eight-stringed lyre. A Psalm by David. Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />TO THE OVERSEER. WITH STRINGED INSTRUMENTS, ON THE EIGHTH. A PSALM OF DAVID. O YHWH, do not reprove me in Your anger, "" Nor discipline me in Your fury.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. -- A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, in Thine anger reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />To the overseer upon the stringed instruments upon the octave, chanting of David. O Jehovah, not in thine anger wilt thou correct me, and not in thy wrath wilt thou chastise me.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Unto the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for the octave. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me in thy wrath. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 6:1>In parts according to verses. A Psalm of David. For the octave. <V 6:2>O Lord, do not rebuke me in your fury, nor chastise me in your anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />For the leader; with stringed instruments, “upon the eighth.” A psalm of David. [2] Do not reprove me in your anger, LORD, nor punish me in your wrath. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />O LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger, or discipline me in your wrath.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH, do not rebuke me in your wrath, neither discipline me in your anger.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For the Leader; with string-music; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, rebuke me not in Thine anger, Neither chasten me in Thy wrath.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For the End, a Psalm of David among the Hymns for the eighth. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, neither chasten me in thine anger.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/6-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=376" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/6.htm">Do not Rebuke Me in Your Anger</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5329.htm" title="5329: lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ (Prep-l, Art:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms) -- Preeminent or enduring. A primitive root; properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. To be eminent; also, to be permanent.">For the choirmaster.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5058.htm" title="5058: bin·ḡî·nō·wṯ (Prep-b:: N-fp) -- Music. ">With stringed instruments,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">according to</a> <a href="/hebrew/8067.htm" title="8067: haš·šə·mî·nîṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- An eight-stringed lyre. Feminine of shmiyniy; probably an eight-stringed lyre.">Sheminith.</a> <a href="/hebrew/4210.htm" title="4210: miz·mō·wr (N-ms) -- A melody. From zamar; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes.">A Psalm</a> <a href="/hebrew/1732.htm" title="1732: lə·ḏā·wiḏ (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps beloved one, a son of Jesse. Rarely; Daviyd; from the same as dowd; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse.">of David.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God."> O LORD,</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: ’al- (Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">do not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3198.htm" title="3198: ṯō·w·ḵî·ḥê·nî (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- To decide, adjudge, prove. A primitive root; to be right; reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict.">rebuke me</a> <a href="/hebrew/639.htm" title="639: bə·’ap·pə·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A nostril, nose, face, anger. From 'anaph; properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also ire.">in Your anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/408.htm" title="408: wə·’al- (Conj-w:: Adv) -- Not (a subjective neg.). A negative particle; not; once as a noun, nothing.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/3256.htm" title="3256: ṯə·yas·sə·rê·nî (V-Piel-Imperf-2ms:: 1cs) -- To discipline, chasten, admonish. A primitive root; to chastise, literally or figuratively; hence, to instruct.">discipline me</a> <a href="/hebrew/2534.htm" title="2534: ba·ḥă·mā·ṯə·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 2ms) -- Heat, rage. Or chemac; from yacham; heat; figuratively, anger, poison.">in Your wrath.</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/12-5.htm">Hebrews 12:5-6</a></span><br />And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. / For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/3-11.htm">Proverbs 3:11-12</a></span><br />My son, do not reject the discipline of the LORD, and do not loathe His rebuke; / for the LORD disciplines the one He loves, as does a father the son in whom he delights.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/3-19.htm">Revelation 3:19</a></span><br />Those I love I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/1-12.htm">James 1:12</a></span><br />Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/11-32.htm">1 Corinthians 11:32</a></span><br />But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/7-9.htm">2 Corinthians 7:9-10</a></span><br />yet now I rejoice, not because you were made sorrowful, but because your sorrow led you to repentance. For you felt the sorrow that God had intended, and so were not harmed in any way by us. / Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/18-13.htm">Luke 18:13</a></span><br />But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/5-4.htm">Matthew 5:4</a></span><br />Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/2-4.htm">Romans 2:4</a></span><br />Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-17.htm">1 Peter 4:17</a></span><br />For it is time for judgment to begin with the family of God; and if it begins with us, what will the outcome be for those who disobey the gospel of God?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/5-17.htm">Job 5:17</a></span><br />Blessed indeed is the man whom God corrects; so do not despise the discipline of the Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-16.htm">Isaiah 57:16</a></span><br />For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me—the breath of life I have made.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/10-24.htm">Jeremiah 10:24</a></span><br />Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-32.htm">Lamentations 3:32-33</a></span><br />Even if He causes grief, He will show compassion according to His abundant loving devotion. / For He does not willingly afflict or grieve the sons of men.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-9.htm">Micah 7:9</a></span><br />Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.</p><p class="hdg">A.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/4-1.htm">Psalm 4:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David. Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me <i>when I was</i> in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer.</p><p class="hdg">Sheminith.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/12-1.htm">Psalm 12:1</a></b></br> To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_chronicles/15-21.htm">1 Chronicles 15:21</a></b></br> And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.</p><p class="hdg">rebuke</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/2-5.htm">Psalm 2:5</a></b></br> Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/38-1.htm">Psalm 38:1</a></b></br> A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O LORD, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Isaiah 54:9</a></b></br> For this <i>is as</i> the waters of Noah unto me: for <i>as</i> I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/4-4.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/2_samuel/7-14.htm">Chasten</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/10-14.htm">Chastise</a> <a href="/psalms/5-12.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/psalms/5-12.htm">David</a> <a href="/psalms/5-1.htm">Director</a> <a href="/job/36-10.htm">Discipline</a> <a href="/psalms/2-5.htm">Displeasure</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-21.htm">Eight-Stringed</a> <a href="/psalms/2-5.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/job/30-30.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/job/37-17.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/psalms/5-12.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/job/30-31.htm">Lyre</a> <a href="/psalms/5-12.htm">Musician</a> <a href="/psalms/5-1.htm">Music-Maker</a> <a href="/psalms/4-1.htm">Neginoth</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/15-21.htm">Octave</a> <a href="/psalms/5-1.htm">Overseer</a> <a href="/job/39-24.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/psalms/5-12.htm">Psalm</a> <a href="/job/33-19.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/job/26-11.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/job/22-4.htm">Reprove</a> <a href="/psalms/5-12.htm">Sheminith</a> <a href="/psalms/5-12.htm">Stringed</a> <a href="/psalms/4-1.htm">String-Music</a> <a href="/psalms/2-12.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/7-6.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/psalms/38-1.htm">Chasten</a> <a href="/psalms/38-1.htm">Chastise</a> <a href="/psalms/7-17.htm">Chief</a> <a href="/psalms/6-10.htm">David</a> <a href="/psalms/8-1.htm">Director</a> <a href="/psalms/38-1.htm">Discipline</a> <a href="/psalms/38-1.htm">Displeasure</a> <a href="/psalms/12-1.htm">Eight-Stringed</a> <a href="/psalms/7-6.htm">Fury</a> <a href="/psalms/19-6.htm">Heat</a> <a href="/psalms/38-1.htm">Hot</a> <a href="/psalms/7-13.htm">Instruments</a> <a href="/psalms/12-1.htm">Lyre</a> <a href="/psalms/7-17.htm">Musician</a> <a href="/psalms/9-1.htm">Music-Maker</a> <a href="/psalms/54-1.htm">Neginoth</a> <a href="/psalms/12-1.htm">Octave</a> <a href="/psalms/8-1.htm">Overseer</a> <a href="/psalms/38-1.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/psalms/6-10.htm">Psalm</a> <a href="/psalms/18-47.htm">Punishment</a> <a href="/psalms/18-15.htm">Rebuke</a> <a href="/psalms/38-1.htm">Reprove</a> <a href="/psalms/11-7.htm">Sheminith</a> <a href="/psalms/45-8.htm">Stringed</a> <a href="/psalms/54-1.htm">String-Music</a> <a href="/psalms/7-6.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/6-1.htm">David's complaint in his sickness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/6-8.htm">He triumphs over his enemies</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/6.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/psalms/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/psalms/6.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>For the choirmaster.</b><br>This phrase indicates that the psalm was intended for public worship and was directed to the leader of music in the temple. The role of the choirmaster was crucial in organizing and leading the musical aspects of worship, which were integral to Israelite religious life.<p><b>With stringed instruments,</b><br>Stringed instruments, such as the harp and lyre, were commonly used in ancient Israelite worship. They added a melodic and harmonious element to the psalms, enhancing the emotional and spiritual experience of the worshippers.<p><b>According to Sheminith.</b><br>The term "Sheminith" likely refers to a musical term or a specific tune or style. It may indicate an octave or a particular mode of playing, suggesting a solemn or serious tone appropriate for the content of the psalm.<p><b>A Psalm of David.</b><br>David, the second king of Israel, is traditionally credited with composing many of the psalms. His life experiences, including his trials, triumphs, and deep relationship with God, are reflected in his writings. This attribution connects the psalm to David's personal history and spiritual journey.<p><b>O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger</b><br>This plea reflects a deep awareness of personal sin and the fear of divine judgment. The psalmist acknowledges God's right to rebuke but appeals for mercy. This theme is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/psalms/38.htm">Psalm 38:1</a> and <a href="/jeremiah/10-24.htm">Jeremiah 10:24</a>, where the plea is for correction without anger.<p><b>Or discipline me in Your wrath.</b><br>The request for discipline without wrath highlights the distinction between God's corrective love and His righteous anger. The psalmist seeks God's mercy, understanding that divine discipline is meant for restoration rather than destruction. This reflects the broader biblical theme of God's desire for repentance and reconciliation, as seen in <a href="/hebrews/12-5.htm">Hebrews 12:5-11</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of this psalm, David is expressing a deep sense of distress and seeking God's mercy.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant name of God, emphasizing His personal relationship with His people.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/r/rebuke_and_discipline.htm">Rebuke and Discipline</a></b><br>These terms indicate correction and instruction, often used in the context of a parent-child relationship.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/a/anger_and_wrath.htm">Anger and Wrath</a></b><br>These terms describe God's righteous response to sin, highlighting His holiness and justice.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_psalmist's_distress.htm">The Psalmist's Distress</a></b><br>The emotional and spiritual state of the psalmist, seeking relief from God's corrective measures.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_divine_discipline.htm">Understanding Divine Discipline</a></b><br>Recognize that God's discipline is an expression of His love and desire for our growth in holiness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/responding_to_god's_correction.htm">Responding to God's Correction</a></b><br>Approach God's rebuke with humility and a willingness to learn, rather than with resistance or despair.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/b/balancing_justice_and_mercy.htm">Balancing Justice and Mercy</a></b><br>Acknowledge that while God is just in His anger, He is also merciful and desires restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/seeking_god's_mercy.htm">Seeking God's Mercy</a></b><br>In times of distress, turn to God in prayer, seeking His mercy and relief from His corrective measures.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/reflecting_on_personal_sin.htm">Reflecting on Personal Sin</a></b><br>Use moments of discipline as opportunities for self-examination and repentance, aligning oneself more closely with God's will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_a_loving_god_express_anger.htm">Psalm 6:1 – How can a God of perfect love express anger or rebuke His faithful servant? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_the_seven_penitential_psalms.htm">What are the seven Penitential Psalms?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_was_joseph_imprisoned_in_egypt.htm">What are the seven Penitential Psalms?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_musical_terms_are_used_in_psalms.htm">What musical terms are used in Psalms?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(1) <span class= "bld">O Lord, rebuke me not.</span>--Repeated with change of one word in <a href="/psalms/38-1.htm" title="O lord, rebuke me not in your wrath: neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.">Psalm 38:1</a>. The sublime thought that pain and sorrow are a discipline of love might be found in these words (as in <a href="/psalms/94-12.htm" title="Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;">Psalm 94:12</a>; <a href="/context/proverbs/3-11.htm" title="My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction:">Proverbs 3:11-12</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/10-24.htm" title="O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.">Jeremiah 10:24</a>; <a href="/hebrews/12-3.htm" title="For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest you be wearied and faint in your minds.">Hebrews 12:3</a>; <a href="/hebrews/12-11.htm" title="Now no chastening for the present seems to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to them which are exercised thereby.">Hebrews 12:11</a>; <a href="/revelation/3-19.htm" title="As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.">Revelation 3:19</a>), did not the context show that the sufferer in this case is praying for the chastisement to be altogether removed. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 1.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger</span>. The psalmist begins by deprecating God's wrath and displeasure. He is conscious of some grievous sin, deserving rebuke and chastisement, and he does not ask to be spared his chastisement; but he would fain be chastised in love, not in anger (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/10-24.htm">Jeremiah 10:24</a>, "O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing<span class="cmt_word">"). Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure</span>; or, in <span class="accented">thy wrath.</span> In its primary sense, <span class="accented">humah</span> (<span class="hebrew">חמה</span>) is no doubt "heat," "glow; ' but the secondary sense of "anger," "wrath," is quite as common. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/6-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For the choirmaster.</span><br /><span class="heb">לַמְנַצֵּ֣חַ</span> <span class="translit">(lam·naṣ·ṣê·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5329.htm">Strong's 5329: </a> </span><span class="str2">To glitter from afar, to be eminent, to be permanent</span><br /><br /><span class="word">With stringed instruments,</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּ֭נְגִינוֹת</span> <span class="translit">(bin·ḡî·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5058.htm">Strong's 5058: </a> </span><span class="str2">Instrumental music, a stringed instrument, a poem set to music, an epigram</span><br /><br /><span class="word">according to</span><br /><span class="heb">עַֽל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Sheminith.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשְּׁמִינִ֗ית</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šə·mî·nîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8067.htm">Strong's 8067: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eight-stringed lyre</span><br /><br /><span class="word">A Psalm</span><br /><span class="heb">מִזְמ֥וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(miz·mō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4210.htm">Strong's 4210: </a> </span><span class="str2">Instrumental music, a poem set to notes</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of David.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְדָוִֽד׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·ḏā·wiḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1732.htm">Strong's 1732: </a> </span><span class="str2">David -- perhaps 'beloved one', a son of Jesse</span><br /><br /><span class="word">O LORD,</span><br /><span class="heb">יְֽהוָ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">do not</span><br /><span class="heb">אַל־</span> <span class="translit">(’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">rebuke</span><br /><span class="heb">תוֹכִיחֵ֑נִי</span> <span class="translit">(ṯō·w·ḵî·ḥê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3198.htm">Strong's 3198: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be right, reciprocal, to argue, to decide, justify, convict</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me in Your anger,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאַפְּךָ֥</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ap·pə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_639.htm">Strong's 639: </a> </span><span class="str2">The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">or</span><br /><span class="heb">וְֽאַל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_408.htm">Strong's 408: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not</span><br /><br /><span class="word">discipline</span><br /><span class="heb">תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃</span> <span class="translit">(ṯə·yas·sə·rê·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3256.htm">Strong's 3256: </a> </span><span class="str2">To discipline, chasten, admonish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">me in Your wrath.</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחֲמָתְךָ֥</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥă·mā·ṯə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2534.htm">Strong's 2534: </a> </span><span class="str2">Heat, anger, poison</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/6-1.htm">Psalm 6:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/6-1.htm">Psalm 6:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/6-1.htm">Psalm 6:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/6-1.htm">Psalm 6:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/6-1.htm">Psalm 6:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/6-1.htm">Psalm 6:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/6-1.htm">Psalm 6:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/6-1.htm">Psalm 6:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/6-1.htm">Psalm 6:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/6-1.htm">Psalm 6:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/6-1.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 6:1 For the Chief Musician (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/5-12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 5:12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 5:12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/6-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 6:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 6:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>