PSALM VI _This Psalm contains a deprecation of eternal vengeance_, 1; _a petition to God for mercy_, 2. _This is enforced from a consideration of the psalmist's_ _sufferings_, 3; _from that of the Divine mercy_, 4; _from that of the praise and glory which God would fail to_ _receive if man we... [ Continue Reading ]
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 can help me. _I AM WEAK_] אמלל _umlal_. I am _exceedingly weak_; I cannot take nourishment, and my s... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 6:3. _HOW LONG?_] How long shall I continue under this malady? How long will it be before thou speak peace to my troubled heart?... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 6:4. _RETURN, O LORD_] Once I had the light of thy countenance, by sin I have forfeited this; I have provoked thee to depart: O Lord, return! It is an awful thing to be obliged to say, _Return, O Lord_, for this supposes _backsliding_; and yet what a mercy it is that a _backslider may_... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 6:5. _IN DEATH_ THERE IS _NO REMEMBRANCE OF THEE_] Man is to glorify thee on earth. The end for which he was born cannot be accomplished in the grave; heal my body, and heal my soul, that I may be rendered capable of loving and serving thee here below. A dead body in the grave can do no... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 6:7. _MINE EYE IS CONSUMED_] עששה _asheshah_, is blasted, withered, sunk in my head.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Psalms 6:8. _DEPART FROM ME, ALL YE WORKERS OF INIQUITY_] It seems that while he was suffering grievously through the disease, his enemies had insulted and mocked him;-upbraided him with his transgressions, not to increase his _penitence_, but to cast him into despair. _THE LORD HATH HEARD TH... [ Continue Reading ]
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 meaning, and it is the most congenial to Christian principles. ANALYSIS OF TEE SIXTH PSALM The parts of... [ Continue Reading ]