Parallel Verses

Amplified

O Lord, do not rebuke or punish me in Your anger,
Nor discipline me in Your wrath.

New American Standard Bible

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.

King James Version

{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.

Holman Bible

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.

International Standard Version

LORD, in your anger, do not rebuke me, in your wrath, do not discipline me.

A Conservative Version

O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, nor chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

American Standard Version

O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

Bible in Basic English

O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion.

Darby Translation

{To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments, upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David.} Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, and chasten me not in thy hot displeasure.

Julia Smith Translation

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.

King James 2000

[To the Chief Musician. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith. A Psalm of David.] O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

Lexham Expanded Bible

O Yahweh, do not rebuke me in your anger, and do not discipline me in your wrath.

Modern King James verseion

To the Chief Musician, for eight-stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in Your anger, nor chasten me in the heat of Your fury.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

{To the Chanter in Neginoth upon Sheminith, a Psalm of David} O LORD, rebuke me not in thine indignation, neither chasten me in thy displeasure.

NET Bible

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!

New Heart English Bible

LORD, do not rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.

The Emphasized Bible

O Yahweh! do not, in thine anger, correct me, nor, in thy wrath, chastise me.

Webster

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.

World English Bible

Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath.

Youngs Literal Translation

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.

References

Hastings

Watsons

Context Readings

A Prayer For Mercy

1 O Lord, do not rebuke or punish me in Your anger,
Nor discipline me in Your wrath.
2
Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am weak (faint, frail);
Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed and anguished.



Cross References

Psalm 38:1

O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath,
Nor discipline me in Your burning anger.

1 Chronicles 15:21

and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres set to Sheminith [that is, the eighth string, a low pitch].

Jeremiah 46:28


“Do not fear, O Jacob My servant,” says the Lord,
“For I am with you.
For I will make a full and complete end of all the nations
To which I have driven you;
Yet I will not make a full end of you.
But I will discipline and correct you appropriately
And by no means will I declare you guiltless or leave you unpunished.”

Psalm 2:5


Then He will speak to them in His [profound] anger
And terrify them with His displeasure, saying,

Psalm 4:1

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!
You have freed me when I was hemmed in and relieved me when I was in distress;
Be gracious to me and hear [and respond to] my prayer.

Psalm 12:1

Save and help and rescue, Lord, for godly people cease to be,
For the faithful vanish from among the sons of men.

Psalm 118:18


The Lord has disciplined me severely,
But He has not given me over to death.

Isaiah 54:9


“For this is like the waters of Noah to Me,
As I swore [an oath] that the waters of Noah
Would not flood the earth again;
In the same way I have sworn that I will not be angry with you
Nor will I rebuke you.

Isaiah 57:16


“For I will not contend forever,
Nor will I always be angry;
For [if I did stay angry] the spirit [of man] would grow weak before Me,
And the breath of those whom I have created.

Jeremiah 10:24


O Lord, correct me [along with Your people], but with mercy and in just measure—
Not in Your anger, or You will crush me and bring me to nothing.

1 Corinthians 11:31-32

But if we evaluated and judged ourselves honestly [recognizing our shortcomings and correcting our behavior], we would not be judged.

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