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Psalms 6

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Yahweh, don’t rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath. Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled. My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh—how long? Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness’ sake. For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks? I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears. My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping. Yahweh has heard my supplication. Yahweh accepts my prayer. May all my enemies be ashamed and dismayed. They shall turn back, they shall be disgraced suddenly.

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Psalms 6:2

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Augustine of Hippo

He proceeds accordingly to say, "Pity me, O Lord, for I am weak: heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled" [Psalm 6:2], that is, the support of my soul, or strength: for this is the meaning of "bones." The soul therefore says, that her strength is troubled, when she speaks of bones. For it is not to be supposed, that the soul has bones, such as we see in the body. Wherefore, what follows tends to explain it, "and my soul is troubled exceedingly" [Psalm 6:3], lest because he mentioned bones, they should be understood as of the body.

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Thomas Aquinas

Then when he says "Have mercy," he asks to be freed from the second, namely from the wounding and weakness of nature. And first he explains the infirmity in general; second in particular, at "Heal," etc. He says therefore, "Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak." Sin is a spiritual infirmity; for bodily infirmity occurs from the dissolution of the due proportion of humors. …

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