“Yahweh, correct me, but gently; not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.”
— WEB
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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.
“Yahweh, correct me, but gently; not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.”
— WEB
“O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.”
— KJV
“O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.”
— ASV
Since I (my nation) must be corrected (justice requiring it because of the deep guilt of the nation), I do not deprecate all chastisement, but pray only for moderation in it (Jer 30:11; Psa 6:1; Psa 38:1); and that the full tide of Thy fury may be poured out on the heathen invaders for their cruelty towards Thy people. Psa 79:6-7, a psalm to be referred to the time of the captivity, its composer probably repeated this from Jeremiah. The imperative, "Pour out," is used instead of the future, expressing vividly the certainty of the prediction, and that the word of God itself effects its own declarations. Accordingly, the Jews were restored after correction; the Babylonians were utterly extinguished. know thee . . . call . . . on thy name--Knowledge of God is the beginning of piety; calling on Him the fruit. heathen . . . Jacob--He reminds God of the distinction He has made between His people whom Jacob represents, and the heathen aliens. Correct us as Thy adopted sons, the seed of Jacob; destroy them as outcasts (Zac 1:14-15, Zac 1:21). Next: Jeremiah Chapter 11
— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)
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