Chapter 6: The Book of Psalms
DOUAY RHEIMS BIBLE
THE CHALLONER REVISION
THE BOOK OF PSALMS
PSALM 6
Domine, ne in furore. A prayer of a penitent sinner, under the scourge of God. The first penitential psalm.
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NTO the end, in verses, a psalm for David, for the octave.
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O Lord, rebuke me not in thy indignation, nor chastise me in thy wrath.
3
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
4
And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou, O Lord, how long?
5
Turn to me, O Lord, and deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercy's sake.
6
For there is no one in death, that is mindful of thee: and who shall confess to thee in hell?
7
I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash my bed: I will water my couch with my tears.
8
My eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old amongst all my enemies.
9
Depart from em, all ye workers of iniquity: for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
10
The Lord hath heard my supplication: the Lord hath received my prayer.
11
Let all my enemies be ashamed, and be very much troubled: let them be turned back, and be ashamed very speedily.
CHAP. 6 VER. 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.
CHAP. 6 VER. 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.