O Lord, rebuke me not. — Repeated with change of one word in Psalms 38:1. The sublime thought that pain and sorrow are a discipline of love might be found in these words (as in Psalms 94:12; Proverbs 3:11-12; Jeremiah 10:24; Hebrews 12:3; Hebrews 12:11; Revelation 3:19), did not the context show that the sufferer in this case is praying for the chastisement to be altogether removed.
Related Commentaries of Psalms 6:1
Psalms 6:1
1 O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.