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Verse Psalms 6:2. _HAVE MERCY_] I have no _merit_. I deserve all I
feel and all I fear.
_O LORD, HEAL ME_] No earthly physician can cure my malady. _Body_ and
_soul_ are both diseased, and only God c...
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HAVE MERCY UPON ME, O LORD - That is, be gracious to me; or, show me
compassion. This language may be used either in view of sin, of
suffering, or of danger. It is a cry to God to interpose, and remov...
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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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HAVE MERCY. Be gracious, or show favour to....
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MY BONES ARE VEXED— _Bones, reins, inward parts,_ often in scripture
signify the same as _heart, soul, thought;_ see Psalms 35:10 where
_bones_ probably signify the same as here....
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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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_HAVE MERCY UPON ME, O LORD; FOR I AM WEAK: O LORD, HEAL ME; FOR MY
BONES ARE VEXED._
For I am weak - `faint' х_ 'UMLAL_ (H536), from _ 'AAMAL_ (H535), to
droop as a plant]. David's plea is not that...
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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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I AM WEAK. — Properly, _wither,_ or _waste with disease,_ or
_languish,_ as in Hosea 4:3; Isaiah 16:8.
VEXED. — So LXX. and Vulg. Literally, _affrighted._ (Comp.
Virgil’s _gelidusque per ima cucurrit...
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_[Psalms 6:3]_ חָנֵּ֥נִי יְהוָה֮ כִּ֤י
אֻמְלַ֫ל אָ֥נִי...
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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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Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my
(b) bones are vexed.
(b) For my whole strength is abated....
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Indignation. Literally, "fury." (Haydock) --- Such strong expressions
were requisite to make the carnal Jews fear God's judgments, though a
being of infinite perfection can have no passion. (St. Chrys...
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We may, without the smallest injury to the grand point this Psalm hath
in view, I mean, its pointed reference to Christ, look at David as
speaking also of his own personal afflictions. David had a lar...
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2._Have mercy upon me. _As he earnestly calls upon God to be merciful
to him, it is from this the more clearly manifest, that by the terms
_anger _and _indignation _he did not mean cruelty or undue se...
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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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HAVE MERCY UPON ME, O LORD,.... He knew he was a sinner, both by
original sin and actual transgression, which he was always ready to
own; he knew that what he had done deserved the wrath of God, even...
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Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my
bones are vexed.
Ver. 2. _Have mercy upon me, O Lord_] As the woman in the story
appealed from Philip to Philip, so doth David fly...
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_Have mercy upon me_ I plead not my merit, but thy free mercy; _for I
am weak_ Or, _I languish;_ my body pines away, and my spirit fails
through my excessive pains and troubles. _O Lord, heal me_ That...
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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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Have mercy upon me, O Lord, the free grace and favor of Jehovah being
his only hope; FOR I AM WEAK, so terrified as to make him languish and
droop like a withered flower. O LORD, HEAL ME, He being the...
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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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HAVE MERCY UPON ME; I plead not my merit, but thy free mercy. I AM
WEAK; or, _I languish_; my body pines away and my spirit fails through
my excessive pains or troubles. HEAL ME, i.e. the distempers o...
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Psalms 6:2 mercy H2603 (H8798) LORD H3068 weak H536 LORD H3068 heal
H7495 (H8798) bones H6106 troubled...
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‘O YHWH do not rebuke me in your anger,
Nor chasten me in your hot displeasure,
Have mercy on me (show your graciousness towards me), O YHWH for I am
withered away,
O YHWH heal me, for my bones are...
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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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_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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_Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am weak._
CURE FOR THE SOUL’S WEAKNESS
There is a very immediate connection between soul sickness and bodily
ailments. The material affects the mental, and presentl...
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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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Deuteronomy 32:39; Exodus 15:26; Genesis 20:17; Hosea 6:1; Jeremia