O יהוה, do not rebuke me in Your displeasure, Nor discipline me in Your wrath.
and Zeḵ
and Mattithyahu, and Eliphelĕ
Yah has punished me severely, But did not give me over to death.
Save, יהוה, for the kind one is no more! For the trustworthy have ceased from among the sons of men.
Then He speaks to them in His wrath, And troubles them in His rage, saying,
O יהוה, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, Nor chastise me in Your hot displeasure!
Answer me when I call, O Elohim of my righteousness! You gave relief to me when I was in distress; Show favour to me, and hear my prayer.
“For this is the waters of Noaḥ
“For I would not strive forever, nor am I wroth forever, for the spirit would grow faint before Me, even the beings I have made.
O יהוה, chastise me, but with right-ruling – not in Your displeasure, lest You bring me to naught.
“Do not fear, O Yaʽ