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See also Psalms 6 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    1. “Title of the psalm.” This psalm is inscribed “To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith.” On the meaning of the phrase “Chief Musician on Neginoth,” see the notes at the title to Psalms 4:1...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Psalmist has been suffering from severe and long-continued sickness, which has brought him to the brink of the grave. The most bitter part of his trial is that he feels it to be a token of God's d...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    VI. The end of this plaintive poem seems to belong to a different situation from the beginning. At first it sounds like a voice from a bed of sickness, of sickness likely to terminate fatally. But at...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 6 TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN ON NEGINOTH UPON SHEMINITH, A PSALM OF DAVID. What is designed by "the chief musician", and what is meant by "neginoth", have been observed preciously, P...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _A.M. 2981. B.C. 1023._ In this, which is the first of those Psalms styled penitential, David being sick both in body and mind, because he had offended God, presents his misery before him, Psalms 6:1...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * The psalmist deprecates God's wrath, and begs for the return of his favour. (1-7) He assures himself of an answer of peace. (8-10)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    Heading ‘For the chief musician on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith (‘the eighth', a musical notation?). A Psalm to/for David (i.e. a part of the Davidic collection, dedicated to and possibl...

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