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RETURN, O LORD, DELIVER MY SOUL - As if he had departed from him, and
had left him to die. The word “soul” in this place is used, as it
often is, in the sense of “life,” for in the next verse he speak...
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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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MERCIES. mercy's. Hebrew lovingkindness....
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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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_RETURN, O LORD, DELIVER MY SOUL: OH SAVE ME FOR THY MERCIES' SAKE._
Return - back to favour toward me.
DELIVER MY SOUL - or life, from "death," which I am on the point of
(Psalms 6:5).
SAVE ME F...
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6:4 loving-kindness' (a-10) _ Chesed_ . see Psalms 4:3 ....
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Psalms 1:41
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
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The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the *
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The translated Bible tex...
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_[Psalms 6:5]_ שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה חַלְּצָ֣ה
נַפְשִׁ֑י הֹ֝ושִׁיעֵ֗נִי...
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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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_Long? Wilt thou leave me in distress? (Worthington) --- He breaks off
abruptly to express his sorrow, See Isaias vi. 11; Jeremias xiii. 26.
(Berthier) --- True converts are often tried a long time, t...
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When we read this petition as the words of Christ in the flesh, how
much strength do we derive from the thought that, if in the long
waiting of our souls for the Lord's manifestation, we find Jesus
ex...
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4._Return, O Lord. _In the preceding verses the Psalmist bewailed the
absence of God, and now he earnestly requests the tokens of his
presence, for our happiness consists in this, that we are the obje...
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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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RETURN, O LORD,.... By this it seems that the Lord had withdrawn
himself, and was departed from the psalmist, wherefore he entreats him
to return unto him, and grant him his gracious presence. God is...
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Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
Ver. 4. _Return, O Lord, deliver my soul_] He calleth hard upon
Jehovah, which sweet name of God he hath now five times in these fou...
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_Return_ Unto me, from whom thou hast withdrawn thy smiling
countenance and helping hand. _Deliver my soul_ From guilt and fear;
or preserve my life, for the word _soul_ often signifies life. David,
a...
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Return, O Lord, for it seemed to the sufferer that Jehovah must have
been absent during the severity of his trouble, DELIVER MY SOUL,
redeeming it from its depth of suffering. OH SAVE ME FOR THY MERCI...
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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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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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RETURN unto me, from whom thou hast withdrawn thyself, and thy smiling
countenance, and thy helping hand. DELIVER MY SOUL, i.e. save me or my
life, as the soul oft signifies, as Genesis 9:5, Genesis 1...
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Psalms 6:4 Return H7725 (H8798) LORD H3068 deliver H2502 (H8761) me
H5315 save H3467 (H8685) mercies...
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‘Return, O YHWH, deliver my soul,
Save me for your lovingkindness' sake,
For in death there is no remembrance of you,
In Sheol who will give you thanks?'
He senses the loss of YHWH's presence (comp...
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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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_Return, O Lord, deliver my soul._
A POSTULATORY PRAYER
“O Lord, return” implies a former presence, a present absence, and
a confidence for the future. This is God’s return to us, in a
general appreh...
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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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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 6:4 FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR STEADFAST LOVE. Those
who are repentant appeal to God’s love and mercy, and not to their
own well-doing.
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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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Daniel 9:18; Ephesians 1:6; Ephesians 2:7; Ephesians 2:8; Isaiah 38:17