A Prayer For Mercy
1 For the choir director; with stringed instruments, (a)upon an eight-string lyre. A Psalm of David.O Lord, (A)do not rebuke me in Your anger,Nor chasten me in Your wrath.
1 {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.
1 For the choir director: with stringed instruments, according to Sheminith.(A) A Davidic psalm.Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger;do not discipline me in Your wrath.(B)
1 LORD, in your anger, do not rebuke me, in your wrath, do not discipline me.
1 O Lord, do not rebuke or punish me in Your anger,Nor discipline me in Your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am (B)pining away;(C)Heal me, O Lord, for (D)my bones are dismayed.
2 Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
2 Be gracious to me, LORD, because I am fading away. Heal me, because my body is distressed.
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.
5 For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
5 In death, there is no memory of you. Who will give you thanks where the dead are?
5 For in death there is no mention of You;In Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) who will praise You and give You thanks?
6 I am (I)weary with my sighing;Every night I make my bed swim,I dissolve my couch with (J)my tears.
6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
6 I am weary from my groaning;(J)with my tears I dampen my pillow(b)and drench my bed every night.(K)
6 I am weary from my groaning. Every night my couch is drenched with tears, my bed is soaked through.
6 I am weary with my groaning;Every night I soak my bed with tears,I drench my couch with my weeping.
10 All my enemies will (P)be ashamed and greatly dismayed;They shall (e)turn back, they will (Q)suddenly be ashamed.
10 Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
10 All my enemies will be ashamed and shake with terror;they will turn back(P) and suddenly be disgraced.(Q)
10 As for all my enemies, they will be put to shame; they will be greatly frightened and suddenly turn away ashamed. A Davidic psalm, which he sang to the LORD, because of the words of Cush the descendant of Benjamin.
10 Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly horrified;Let them turn back, let them suddenly be ashamed [of what they have done].