Psalm 6 (JPS 1917)
A plea for healing from someone worn out by illness and weeping, the first of the penitential psalms. In the Ashkenazi rite it is the core of the daily supplication after the Amidah, and it is among the psalms customarily said for a person who is ill.
English · The Holy Scriptures According to the Masoretic Text (JPS), 1917
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.
Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away;
Heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.
My soul also is sore affrighted;
And Thou, O LORD, how long?
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul;
Save me for Thy mercy's sake.
For in death there is no remembrance of Thee;
In the nether-world who will give Thee thanks?
I am weary with my groaning;
Every night make I my bed to swim;
I melt away my couch with my tears.
Mine eye is dimmed because of vexation;
It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity;
For the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
The LORD hath heard my supplication;
The LORD receiveth my prayer.
All mine enemies shall be ashamed and sore affrighted;
They shall turn back, they shall be ashamed suddenly.
Jewish Publication Society of America, 1917. Published 1917, before 1929, US public domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17. Source
Hebrew · Tanach with Nikkud, a digital edition of the Leningrad Codex, 2026
לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינוֹת עַל־הַשְּׁמִינִית מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד׃
יְהוָה אַל־בְּאַפְּךָ תוֹכִיחֵנִי וְאַל־בַּחֲמָתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵנִי׃
חָנֵּנִי יְהוָה כִּי אֻמְלַל אָנִי רְפָאֵנִי יְהוָה כִּי נִבְהֲלוּ עֲצָמָי׃
וְנַפְשִׁי נִבְהֲלָה מְאֹד ואת [וְאַתָּה] יְהוָה עַד־מָתָי׃
שׁוּבָה יְהוָה חַלְּצָה נַפְשִׁי הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּךָ׃
כִּי אֵין בַּמָּוֶת זִכְרֶךָ בִּשְׁאוֹל מִי יוֹדֶה־לָּךְ׃
יָגַעְתִּי בְּאַנְחָתִי אַשְׂחֶה בְכָל־לַיְלָה מִטָּתִי בְּדִמְעָתִי עַרְשִׂי אַמְסֶה׃
עָשְׁשָׁה מִכַּעַס עֵינִי עָתְקָה בְּכָל־צוֹרְרָי׃
סוּרוּ מִמֶּנִּי כָּל־פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן כִּי־שָׁמַע יְהוָה קוֹל בִּכְיִי׃
שָׁמַע יְהוָה תְּחִנָּתִי יְהוָה תְּפִלָּתִי יִקָּח׃
יֵבֹשׁוּ וְיִבָּהֲלוּ מְאֹד כָּל־אֹיְבָי יָשֻׁבוּ יֵבֹשׁוּ רָגַע׃
Sefaria, from the Unicode/XML Leningrad Codex at tanach.us, 2026. Tanach.us states that all biblical Hebrew text on its site may be viewed or copied without restriction, and Sefaria labels this version Public Domain. Retrieved and verified 2026-09-17. Source
How this text was verified · How the Hebrew was verified
Wording and scope vary between editions and between communities, so each edition here is named and this entry makes no claim about which form is right in a given setting. The English keeps the line breaks of one digitisation of the 1917 volume. The second, which it was checked against, stores each verse as running text, so it confirms the words and cannot confirm where a line ends.