Psalm 6:2–3 — do not rebuke me in your wrath; I am weak
“Lord, do not convict me with your wrath, nor discipline me with your anger; have mercy on me, Lord, because I am weak; heal me, because my bones were troubled” (Psalm 6:2-3).
Wrath is an impulse of desire of a tame soul, pre-eminently of defense. He says then: even if the more outward wrath convicts, and the anger more quickly disciplines, I at least, because of my weakness, need your mercy, and to be convicted and disciplined by another healing, which does not bring on such great labors.
For he wants both not to be convicted by the wrath of God, and not to be disciplined in his anger, and to be shown mercy, being weak, and to be healed from the trouble of his bones and of his soul. — Symmachus: in gall, in unpostponement.
Greek
6.2,3 Κύριε, μὴ τῷ θυμῷ σου ἐλέγξῃς με, μηδὲ τῇ ὀργῇ σου παιδεύσῃς με· ἐλέη σόν με, Κύριε· ο τι ἀσθενής εἰμι, ι ασαί με, ο τι ἐταράχθη τὰ ὀστᾶ μου. Θυμός ἐστιν ὁρμὴ ἐπιθυμίας ἡμέρου ψυ χῆς, κατ' ἐξοχὴν ἀμύνης. Λέγει ου ν· εἰ καὶ ἐξώτερος ὁ θυμὸς ἐλέγχει, καὶ ἡ ὁργὴ τά χιον παιδεύει, ἐγώ γε διὰ τὴν ἀσθένειάν μου δεόμαι τοῦ ἐλέους σου, καὶ δι' α λλης ἐλεγ χθῆναι καὶ παιδευθῆναι θεραπείας, οὐ τηλικούτους προσαγού σης πόνους. Θέλει γὰρ καὶ μὴ θυμῷ Θεοῦ ἐλεγχθῆναι, καὶ μὴ παιδευθῆναι ἐν ὀργῇ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐλεηθῆναι, ἀσθενὴς ω ν, καὶ ἰα θῆναι ἀπὸ τῆς ταραχῆς τῶν ὀστέων καὶ τῆς ψυχῆς αὐτοῦ. – Σύμμαχος· ἐν χόλῳ, ἐν ἀνυπερθεσίᾳ.