You sense a warning from God, and it's shaking you.
If you sense a warning from the Lord hanging over you, and it has shaken you, you can say Psalms 6 and 38.
Letter to Marcellinus
For the same situation he also named Psalm 38.
Psalm 6
What St Athanasius said to pray when you sense a warning from God and it shakes you, in a letter from the 300s.
- 10Verses
- 1Situation
St Athanasius, Letter to Marcellinus
When to pray it
In the 300s, St Athanasius of Alexandria wrote a letter to his friend Marcellinus about praying the Psalms. In it he matched psalms to what people go through. This is what he gave this one for.
Psalm 6:9
Where it turns
The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
10 verses, Berean Standard Bible
The whole psalm
Psalm 6
Its own heading For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
- 1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- 2Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
- 3My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
- 4Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
- 5For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
- 6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
- 7My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
- 8Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
- 9The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.
- 10All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.
When you've done wrong, or feel the pull to
Close to this
- Wrong thoughts carried you off, you've just caught yourself, and you're sorry.
- You resolved to keep watch over yourself, and the pull has come at you harder ever since.
- You've come close to losing your footing, and you're honest enough to admit it.
- You've done wrong, you know it, you're ashamed, and you want to come back.
All 53 situations, in one guide.
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Bible text: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Athanasius’s advice is paraphrased from his Greek.