Holy Scripture
Psalms 6:3
A church father on this verse
“"And my soul is troubled exceedingly" [Psalm 6:3]. "And Thou, O Lord, how long?" Who does not see represented here a soul struggling with her diseases; but long kept back by the physician, that she may be convinced what evils she has plunged herself into through sin? For what is easily healed, is not much avoided: but…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
3Pity me, O Lord; for I am weak: Heal me, O Lord; for my bones are vexed.
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1For the end, a Psalm of David among the Hymns for the eighth.
2O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath, Neither chasten me in thine anger.
— Psalms 6:3 —
4My soul also is grievously vexed: But thou, O Lord, how long?
5Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: Save me for thy mercy’s sake.