Psalm 6:1-10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 6:9

The Lord hath heard my supplication ,.... Which he had presented to him, Psalm 6:1 ; in which he deprecates his anger and hot displeasure; entreats his free favour, grace, and mercy; desires healing for soul or body, or both; prays a return of his gracious presence; and deliverance and salvation out of all his troubles, from all his enemies, and from death itself. The word F8 תחנתי "supplices pro gratia preces meas", Michaelis: so Ainsworth. used properly signifies petitions for... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 6:10

Let all mine enemies be ashamed ,.... Or "they shall be ashamed" F11 יבשו "pudore afficientur", Pagninus, Montanus; "pudefient", Coeceius, Schmidt; so Ainsworth. ; and so the following clauses may be rendered, and be considered as prophecies of what would be; though if this be considered as an imprecation, it is wishing no ill; wicked men are not ashamed of their abominations committed by them, neither can they blush; it would be well if they were ashamed of them, and brought to true... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 6:1

O Lord, rebuke me not - This Psalm, Which is one of the seven Penitential Psalms, is supposed to have been written during some grievous disease with which David was afflicted after his transgression with Bath-sheba. It argues a deep consciousness of sin, and apprehension of the just displeasure of God. It is the very language of a true penitent who is looking around for help, and who sees, as Bishop Horne well expresses it, "above, an angry God, ready to take vengeance; beneath, the fiery... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 strength is exhausted. My bones are vexed - The disease hath entered into my bones. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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? read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 Return to God, with the expectation that God will return to him! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 good to men, nor bring any glory to thy name! read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 6:7

Mine eye is consumed - עששה asheshah , is blasted, withered, sunk in my head. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 the voice of my weeping - The Lord pitifully beheld the sorrows of his heart, and mercifully forgave his sins. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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. read more

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