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Text -- Psalms 6:1-10 (NET)
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Psalm 6
6:1 For the music director , to be accompanied by stringed instruments , according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David . Lord , do not rebuke me in your anger ! Do not discipline me in your raging fury !
6:2 Have mercy on me, Lord , for I am frail ! Heal me, Lord , for my bones are shaking !
6:3 I am absolutely terrified , and you , Lord – how long long will this continue?
6:4 Relent , Lord , rescue me ! Deliver me because of your faithfulness !
6:5 For no one remembers you in the realm of death , In Sheol who gives you thanks ?
6:6 I am exhausted as I groan ; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.
6:7 My eyes grow dim from suffering ; they grow weak because of all my enemies .
6:8 Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly , for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping !
6:9 The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy ; the Lord has accepted my prayer .
6:10 May all my enemies be humiliated and absolutely terrified ! May they turn back and be suddenly humiliated !
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Music |
SHEMINITH |
PSALMS, BOOK OF |
David |
Neginoth |
Harp |
Afflictions and Adversities |
Prayer |
VEX, VEXATION |
Faith |
Repentant Ones |
Death |
Dead |
Chastisement |
Associations |
WORKER; WORKFELLOW; WORKMAN |
Hell |
Quotations and Allusions |
Tears |
Psalms |
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NET Notes: Psa 6:1 The implication is that the psalmist has sinned, causing God to discipline him by bringing a life-threatening illness upon him (see vv. 2-7).
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NET Notes: Psa 6:2 Normally the verb בָּהַל (bahal) refers to an emotional response and means “tremble with fear, be terrified&...
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NET Notes: Psa 6:3 Heb “and you, Lord, how long?” The suffering psalmist speaks in broken syntax. He addresses God, but then simply cries out with a brief, b...
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NET Notes: Psa 6:4 Deliver me because of your faithfulness. Though the psalmist is experiencing divine discipline, he realizes that God has made a commitment to him in t...
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NET Notes: Psa 6:5 In Sheol who gives you thanks? According to the OT, those who descend into the realm of death/Sheol are cut off from God’s mighty deeds and from...
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NET Notes: Psa 6:7 In his weakened condition the psalmist is vulnerable to the taunts and threats of his enemies.
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NET Notes: Psa 6:8 The Lord has heard. The psalmist’s mood abruptly changes because the Lord responded positively to the lament and petition of vv. 1-7 and promise...
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NET Notes: Psa 6:9 The prefixed verbal form is probably a preterite here; it is parallel to a perfect and refers to the fact that the Lord has responded favorably to the...
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