Psalms 6
6
Prayer in Distress
1For the leader; with stringed instruments, “upon the eighth.”#Upon the eighth: apparently a musical notation, now lost.
A psalm of David.
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2Do not reprove me in your anger, Lord,
nor punish me in your wrath.#Ps 38:2.
3Have pity on me, Lord, for I am weak;
heal me, Lord, for my bones are shuddering.#Jer 17:14–15.
4My soul too is shuddering greatly—
and you, Lord, how long…?#How long?: elliptical for “How long will it be before you answer my prayer?” cf. Ps 13:2–3.#Ps 13:2–3; 74:10; 89:47.
5Turn back, Lord, rescue my soul;
save me because of your mercy.
6For in death there is no remembrance of you.
Who praises you in Sheol?#A motive for God to preserve the psalmist from death: in the shadowy world of the dead no one offers you praise. Sheol is the biblical term for the underworld where the insubstantial souls of dead human beings dwelt. It was similar to the Hades of Greek and Latin literature. In the second century B.C., biblical books begin to speak positively of life with God after death (Dn 12:1–3; Wis 3).#Ps 30:10; 88:11; 115:17; Is 38:18.
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7I am wearied with sighing;
all night long I drench my bed with tears;
I soak my couch with weeping.
8My eyes are dimmed with sorrow,
worn out because of all my foes.#Ps 31:10; 38:11; 40:13.
III
9Away from me, all who do evil!#Ps 119:115; Mt 7:23; Lk 13:27.
The Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
10The Lord has heard my plea;
the Lord will receive my prayer.
11My foes will all be disgraced and will shudder greatly;
they will turn back in sudden disgrace.#Ps 35:4, 26; 40:15; 71:13.
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Psalm 6
6
O Lord, Deliver My Life
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to #1 Chr. 15:21The Sheminith.#6:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term A Psalm of David.
1O Lord, #Ps. 38:1 rebuke me not in your anger,
nor #[Ps. 94:12; 118:18; Prov. 3:11, 12; Jer. 30:11; 46:28]; See Heb. 12:3-11discipline me in your wrath.
2Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
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Ps. 30:2; 41:4; 103:3 heal me, O Lord, #See Ps. 31:10for my bones are troubled.
3My #[John 12:27] soul also is greatly troubled.
But you, O Lord—#Ps. 90:13how long?
4Turn, O Lord, deliver my life;
save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5For in #Ps. 30:9; 88:10-12; 115:17; Isa. 38:18death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?
6I am #Ps. 69:3 weary with my #Ps. 38:9moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
7My #Ps. 31:9; 88:9; [Ps. 38:10; Job 17:7; Lam. 2:11; 5:17]eye wastes away because of grief;
it grows weak because of all my foes.
8 #
Ps. 119:115; 139:19; Matt. 7:23; 25:41; Luke 13:27 Depart from me, all you #Ps. 94:4 workers of evil,
for the Lord #[Ps. 3:4]has heard the sound of my weeping.
9The Lord has heard my #Ps. 55:1; 1 Kgs. 8:38plea;
the Lord accepts my prayer.
10All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
they shall #Ps. 40:14; 56:9turn back and be put to shame in a moment.
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