Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 6:10
Ashamed — Of their vain confidence. Return — Repent of their sins and return to their obedience.
Ashamed — Of their vain confidence. Return — Repent of their sins and return to their obedience.
Verse Psalms 6:10. _ASHAMED AND SORE VEXED_] May they as deeply deplore their transgressions as I have done mine! May _they return_; may they be _suddenly converted_! The original will bear this meani...
LET ALL MINE ENEMIES BE ASHAMED - Be so brought to see their folly that they shall be ashamed of their conduct. The wish is that they might be brought to see their own guilt - a wish certainly which i...
Psalms 6 _ 1. The cry of repentance (Psalms 6:1)_ 2. In deep distress (Psalms 6:4) 3. Jehovah has heard (Psalms 6:8)...
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...
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...
_LET ALL MINE ENEMIES BE ASHAMED AND SORE VEXED: LET THEM RETURN AND BE ASHAMED SUDDENLY._ Let all ... - or, 'All mine enemies shall be ashamed, etc. But the Chaldaic, Vulgate, Arabic, Syriac, and Se...
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...
LET ALL MINE ENEMIES. — Better rendered either by the present or future. The Psalmist with the eye of faith sees the answer to his prayer. RETURN — _i.e.,_ retire discomfited and in failure. “My ene...
_[Psalms 6:11]_ יֵבֹ֤שׁוּ ׀ וְ יִבָּהֲל֣וּ מְ֭אֹד כָּל...
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...
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
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...
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return [and] be ashamed (f) suddenly. (f) When the wicked think the godly will perish, God delivers them suddenly, and destroys their enemies....
REFLECTIONS MY soul! see, I charge it upon thee this day, see that thy perusal of these precious portions of scripture be all directed to the discovery of him, to whom all the prophets gave witness; t...
Reader, do not fail to remark the holy triumph here expressed, and with which the Psalm concludes, as the sure result of covenant love, both as it belongs to our glorious Head, and, in him, to all his...
_AN INTOLERANT PSALMIST_ ‘Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.’ Psalms 6:10 I. CONSIDER THOSE PASSAGES IN THE BIBLE WHICH ARE CONSTANTLY OBJECTED...
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...
LET ALL MINE ENEMIES BE ASHAMED,.... Or "they shall be ashamed" k; and so the following clauses may be rendered, and be considered as prophecies of what would be; though if this be considered as an im...
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return [and] be ashamed suddenly. Ver. 10. _Let all mine enemies be ashamed_] When they see all their hopes of my death and downfall disappoin...
_Let all mine enemies be ashamed_ Or, _they shall be ashamed_, of their vain confidence; and _sore vexed_ Because of their great and unexpected disappointment. _Let them return_ Namely, from their wic...
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...
Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed, rather, in a definite statement, "they will be brought to shame," they will be terrified; LET THEM RETURN AND BE ASHAMED SUDDENLY, their sneering mocker...
8-10 What a sudden change is here! Having made his request known to God, the psalmist is confident that his sorrow will be turned into joy. By the workings of God's grace upon his heart, he knew his...
ASHAMED of their vain hopes and confidence of conquering and destroying me. Or, _they shall be ashamed_, because of their great and unexpected disappointment. LET THEM RETURN, to wit, from their wicke...
Psalms 6:10 enemies H341 (H8802) ashamed H954 (H8799) greatly H3966 troubled H926 (H8735) back H7725 ...
‘Leave me alone, all you workers of iniquity, For YHWH has heard the sound of my weeping. YHWH has heard my supplication, YHWH will receive my prayer. All my enemies will be ashamed and extremely...
Psalms 6:10 I. Consider those passages in the Bible which are constantly objected to as most inconsistent with toleration I mean the so-called imprecatory portions of the Psalms. (1) I see little reas...
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...
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...
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...
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...
_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...
_Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed._ THE TOLERANCE AND INTOLERANCE OF THE GOSPEL A difficulty is often felt in reading or repeating these imprecations. These denunciations are appalling...
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...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 6:10 There is a reversal here: the singer’s bones and soul were troubled (vv. Psalms 6:2), but now the ENEMIES will be greatly trouble
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...
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...
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...
1 Thessalonians 5:3; Isaiah 26:11; Jeremiah 20:11; Job 6:29; Mala