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Psalm 6
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The Book of PsalmsPsalm 6

Domine, ne in furore. A prayer of a penitent sinner, under the scourge of God. The first penitential psalm.

The Douay-Rheims numbers the Psalms as the Latin Vulgate does. In Bibles translated from the Hebrew this is Psalm 6. Read Psalm 6 in the WEBC.

King David Playing the Harp
Gerard van Honthorst, King David Playing the Harp · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

6Unto the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for the octave.

2O Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me in thy wrath.

3Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.

4And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou, O Lord, how long?

5Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercy's sake.

6For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and who shall confess to thee in hell?

7I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash my bed: I will water my couch with my tears.

8My eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old amongst all my enemies.

9Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity: for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.

10The Lord hath heard my supplication: the Lord hath received my prayer.

11Let all my enemies be ashamed, and be very much troubled: let them be turned back, and be ashamed very speedily.

Notes by Bishop Challoner

  1. 1 For the octave. That is, to be sung on an instrument of eight strings. St. Augustine understands it mystically, of the last resurrection, and the world to come; which is, as it were, the octave, or eighth day, after the seven days of this mortal life: and for this octave, sinners must dispose themselves, like David, by bewailing their sins, whilst they are here upon earth.