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Verse Psalms 6:7. _MINE EYE IS CONSUMED_] עששה _asheshah_, is
blasted, withered, sunk in my head....
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MINE EYE IS CONSUMED - The word here rendered “consumed” -
עשׁשׁ _‛__âshêsh_ - means properly to fall in, to fall
away, and is applied here to the “eye” as pining or wasting away
from care, anxiety,...
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Psalms 6
_ 1. The cry of repentance (Psalms 6:1)_
2. In deep distress (Psalms 6:4)
3. Jehovah has heard (Psalms 6:8)...
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VI. A RIGHTEOUS MAN'S PRAYER IN DISTRESS. (_a_) Notice (Psalms 6:1)
the recognition of the fact that suffering is not always the proof of
guilt and of God's wrath. Sometimes it is sent to prove, corre...
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CONSUMED. wasted.
ENEMIES. adversaries....
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MINE EYE, &C.— _Mine eye is_ {_fretted_ / _worn away_} _with
indignation; it is grown old because of all my oppressors._ Mr. Mudge
observes, that the original word עתקה _athkah,_ rendered _waxeth
old,...
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PSALMS 6
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Prayer for Deliverance from Sickness and Death.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 6:1-3, Prayer for Favour instead of Anger. Stanza
II., Psalms 6:4-7, For Life instead of Deat...
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_MINE EYE IS CONSUMED BECAUSE OF GRIEF; IT WAXETH OLD BECAUSE OF ALL
MINE ENEMIES._
Mine eye ... waxeth old. The eye generally indicates the state of the
body and mind, whether affected with illness...
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6:7 oppressors. (k-15) _ Tzar_ , see Psalms 8:2 ....
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
Words in boxes are from the Bible.
The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
before a word to show an explanation.
The translated Bible tex...
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CONSUMED — _i.e., sunken;_ literally, _fallen away._ The LXX. use
the same word employed to render _vexed_ in Psalms 6:2. Grief has
brought the signs of premature age (Job 17:7; Psalms 31:9, and Note...
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_[Psalms 6:8]_ עָֽשְׁשָׁ֣ה מִ כַּ֣עַס
עֵינִ֑י עָֽ֝תְקָ֗ה...
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Psalms 6:1
THE theme and progress of thought in this psalm are very common,
especially in those attributed to David. A soul compassed by enemies,
whose hate has all but sapped the life out of it, "cat...
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DELIVERANCE IN TROUBLE
Psalms 6:1
This is the first of the _Penitential_ Psalms, the other six being
Psalms 32:1; Psalms 38:1; Psalms 51
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This is known as the first of the seven great penitential psalms. It
is somewhat weak in its note of true penitence and in this respect is
not to be compared with some which follow. It is rather a cry...
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We need only to compare scripture with scripture, to discover that it
is Jesus of whom the prophet here speaks. Psalms 22:1. But, Reader! do
not hastily pass over this review. Did Jesus cry and groan,...
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In Psalms 6 the remnant take another ground. They are oppressed, their
soul vexed, the extremity of distress presses on their spirit, and
their conscience not being cleared gives the fear that Jehovah...
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MINE EYE IS CONSUMED BECAUSE OF GRIEF,.... Either by reason of the
affliction he laboured under, which could not he joyous, but grievous;
or because, of the sin that was in him, and those that he had...
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Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all
mine enemies.
Ver. 7. _Mine eye is consumed_] Heb. gnawn, moth eaten. That eye of
his that had looked and lusted after his neighbou...
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_All the night_ Or, _every night_, as the margin renders כל
לילה, _cal lailah; make I my bed to swim_ With tears, an hyperbole
used also elsewhere. It well becomes the greatest spirits to be
tender, a...
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Mine eye, as the mirror of man's entire being, IS CONSUMED BECAUSE OF
GRIEF, dissolved with mourning; IT WAXETH OLD BECAUSE OF ALL MINE
ENEMIES, the power of vision and all the strength of the soul be...
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A PRAYER IN ANXIETY OVER SIN.
To the chief musician on Neginoth, the stringed instruments of the
Temple-orchestra, upon Sheminith, that is, on the octave, probably in
bass, the voice suited to the na...
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1-7 These verses speak the language of a heart truly humbled, of a
broken and contrite spirit under great afflictions, sent to awaken
conscience and mortify corruption. Sickness brought sin to his
re...
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CONSUMED; or, _grown dim_ or _dull_, through plenty of salt tears
which I shed; or through the decay of my spirits. BECAUSE OF GRIEF,
i.e. my grief arising from mine enemies, as the next clause interp...
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Psalms 6:7 eye H5869 away H6244 (H8804) grief H3708 old H6275 (H8804)
enemies H6887 (H8802)
Mine -...
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‘I am weary with my groaning.
Every night I make my bed swim,
I water my couch with my tears.
My eye wastes away because of grief,
It grows old because of all those who distress me.
He goes on to...
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Psalms 6
We may get the meaning and help of this Psalm by asking, How did David
conduct himself in the time of sickness and trouble?
I. He made his sorrow a question between himself and God. Set it...
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Here the psalmist asks for a visit from God, for he is sick at heart,
heavy and depressed. Be very thankful if that is not your case; but if
it is, be very grateful that here is a prayer ready-made fo...
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CONTENTS: David in weakness seeks God's help.
CHARACTERS: God, David.
CONCLUSION: Our way often lies through a vale of tears, but there is
One whom we can trust in the greatest straits and difficult...
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THE TITLE. _On Sheminith;_ directing this psalm to be sung with a harp
of eight strings, 1 Chronicles 15:21, that the air and the music might
the better accord with the sentiments of the song. It is a...
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_I am weary with my groaning._
THE PENITENT’S SORROW
The penitent here expresses the effects which his sorrow had upon him
in its outward manifestations. His eye was consumed because of grief,
and he...
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_O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger._
A SONG OF SORROW
It is needless to look for a historical occasion of the Psalm; but to
an oar that knows the tones of sorrow, or to a heart that has itself
utt...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 6:1. An individual lament from David. It
describes a person whose hard circumstances have led him to see his
sins and to repent. Thus, it is often considered one of the
“pen...
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INTRODUCTION
“The first of the seven Penitential Psalms. It has been said that
there is much of grief in it, but nothing of penitence. This, however,
is an error. The tears shed by David over Absalom...
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EXPOSITION
This is the first of what have been called "the Penitential Psalms."
It has been said that "there is much of grief in it, but nothing of
penitence." The grief, however—such grief (see verse...
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The sixth psalm is to the chief musician on this stringed instrument
and upon the Sheminith. Now the Sheminith is a word that means the
eighth, and so it was to be played in octaves. So on a stringed...
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Job 17:7; Lamentations 5:17; Psalms 31:10; Psalms 31:9; Psalms 32:3;...