Psalms 6:1 - Exposition

O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger . The psalmist begins by deprecating God's wrath and displeasure. He is conscious of some grievous sin, deserving rebuke and chastisement, and he does not ask to be spared his chastisement; but he would fain be chastised in love, not in anger (comp. Jeremiah 10:24 , "O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing "). Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure ; or, in thy wrath. In its primary sense, humah ( חמה ) is no doubt "heat," "glow; ' but the secondary sense of "anger," "wrath," is quite as common.