Psalms 6: Weeping Turned to Assurance

A night of tears that ends with God hearing David's cry.

Psalms 6: A Prayer of Weeping and Healing

This is the first of the penitential psalms, following Psalms 5, in which David asks the LORD not to rebuke him in anger but to heal his vexed bones and weary soul. He pictures himself flooding his bed with tears each night from grief and exhausted groaning.


(大衛的 詩,交與伶長。用絲弦的樂器,調用第八。)耶和華啊,求你不要 在怒中 責備我,也不要 在烈怒中 懲罰我!

耶和華啊,求你可憐我,因為 我 軟弱。耶和華啊,求你醫治我,因為 我的骨頭 發戰。

我心 也大大地 驚惶。耶和華啊,你 要到 幾時才救我呢?

耶和華啊,求你轉回 搭救 我!因 你的慈愛 拯救我。

因為,在死地 無人 記念你,在陰間 有誰 稱謝 你?

我因唉哼 而困乏;我每 夜 流淚,把床榻 漂起,把褥子 濕透。

我因憂愁 眼睛 乾癟,又因我一切的 敵人 眼睛昏花。

你們一切 作 孽 的人,離開 我吧!因為 耶和華 聽了 我哀哭 的聲音。

耶和華 聽了 我的懇求;耶和華 必收納 我的禱告。

我的一切 仇敵 都必羞愧,大大 驚惶;他們必要退後,忽然 羞愧。

Verse 8 marks a sudden shift as David tells his enemies to depart, because the LORD has heard the voice of his weeping, a pattern of lament turning to trust also seen in <a href="/bible/chiun/psalms/chapter-88/10">Psalms 88:10-12</a> and continuing into <a href="/bible/chiun/psalms/chapter-7">Psalms 7</a>.