Psalms 6:1

David's complaint in his sickness: by faith he triumphs over his enemies.

To the chief musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith.
A Psalm of David.

Title. השׁמינית על al hashsheminith. Upon Sheminith] Some render it, Upon the eighth. The Sheminith is generally supposed to have been a harp of eight strings. It is so rendered by the Chaldee. Fenwick renders it, on the unction; the anointing of the Holy Spirit. See his Hebrew Titles, p. 18. It is probable, that David composed this psalm upon his recovery from some great sickness. He complains in it of some grievous disorder, heightened by the malicious joy of his enemies, from which he prays to be relieved; and in a fiducial dependance that his prayer will be heard, he triumphs in the disappointment of his enemies.