Psalm 6:5-7 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 6:1-7

These verses speak the language of a heart truly humbled under humbling providences, of a broken and contrite spirit under great afflictions, sent on purpose to awaken conscience and mortify corruption. Those heap up wrath who cry not when God binds them; but those are getting ready for mercy who, under God's rebukes, sow in tears, as David does here. Let us observe here, I. The representation he makes to God of his grievances. He pours out his complaint before him. Whither else should a child... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 6:5

For in death there is no remembrance of thee ,.... Of the goodness, truth, power, and faithfulness of God; no notice can be taken nor mention, made either of the perfections or works of God, whether of nature or of grace, by a dead man to others; he is wholly useless to men on earth with respect to these things; in the grave who shall give thee thanks ? for mercies temporal or spiritual; the dead cannot praise the Lord among men, only the living; see Psalm 30:9 ; wherefore the... read more

John Gill

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

I am weary with my groanings ,.... By reason of bodily illness, or indwelling sin, or the guilt of actual transgressions, or the hidings of God's face, or a sense of divine wrath, or the temptations of Satan, or afflictions and crosses of various kinds, or fears of death, or even earnest desires after heaven and eternal happiness, or the low estate of Zion; each of which at times occasion groaning in the saints, as in the psalmist, and is the common experience of all good men. The psalmist... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 6:7

Mine eye is consumed because of grief ,.... Either by reason of the affliction he laboured under, which could not he joyous, but grievous; or because, of the sin that was in him, and those that he had committed, which were grieving to him; or through the sins of other professors of religion, or profane sinners, whom he beheld with grief of heart and weeping eyes: the word F6 מכעס "prae ira", Pagninus; "prae indignatione", Montanus, Musculus; "ex indignatione", Piscator. used... 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 6:5

Verse 5 5.For in death there is no remembrance of thee. After God has bestowed all things freely upon us, he requires nothing in return but a grateful remembrance of his benefits. To this gratitude reference is made when David says, that there will be no remembrance of God in death, nor any celebration of his praise in the grave His meaning is, that if, by the grace of God, he shall be delivered from death, he will be grateful for it, and keep it in remembrance. And he laments, that if he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 6:6

Verse 6 These forms of expression are hyperbolical, but it must not be imagined that David, after the manner of poets, exaggerates his sorrow; (89) but he declares truly and simply how severe and bitter it had been. It should always be kept in mind, that his affliction did not proceed so much from his having been severely wounded with bodily distress; but regarding God as greatly displeased with him, he saw, as it were, hell open to receive him; and the mental distress which this produces... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 6:1-10

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 6:1-10

The moan of a saint, and the mercy of his God. For the significance of the title of this psalm, see the Exposition. An expositor well remarks that the confessed uncertainty on the part of the best Hebrew scholars as to the meaning or many of the titles is a striking proof of their antiquity, since it shows that the clue thereto is lost in oblivion. This psalm belongs to those specified under the first head of our introductory homily, as one of those in which we have the strugglings and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 6:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 6:5

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 6:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 6:5

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 6:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 6:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 6:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 6:1-10

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