PSALM 6

Prayer for Recovery from Grave Illness

Psalm 6:1 O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor chasten me in your wrath.

Psalm 6:2 Have mercy on me, O LORD, for I am languishing; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

Psalm 6:3 My soul also is sorely troubled. But you, O LORD how long?

Psalm 6:4 Turn, O Lord, save my life; deliver me for the sake of your merciful love.

Psalm 6:5 For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who can give you praise?

Psalm 6:6 I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.

Psalm 6:7 My eye wastes away because of grief, it grows weak because of all my foes.

Psalm 6:8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil; for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.

Psalm 6:9 The LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD accepts my prayer.

Psalm 6:10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and sorely troubled; they shall turn back, and be put to shame in a moment.