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1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
or discipline me in your wrath.
2 Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint;
heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.
3 My soul is in deep anguish.
How long, Lord, how long?
4 Turn, Lord, and deliver me;
save me because of your unfailing love.
5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
Who praises you from his grave?
6 I am worn out from my groaning
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All night long I flood my bed with weeping
and drench my couch with tears.
7 My eyes grow weak with sorrow;
they fail because of all my foes.
8 Away from me, all you who do evil,
for the Lord has heard my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;
the Lord accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies will be overwhelmed with
shame and anguish;
they will turn back and suddenly be put to
shame.
(NIV)
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Psalm 6
This psalm is the first of seven psalms about repenting, The others are 32,38,51,102,130,143.
In this Psalm, David is pleading to God for his life, and verses 8-10 is the assurance of God’s answer.
It is thought that David was critically ill when the words of this psalm came to him. It is thought that David’s enemies might have brought about the illness. David either near death or thought his death was near pleads to God.
A common theory is a temple priest or prophet spoke an oracle of assurance between the two parts of the psalm. (oracles found in Isa 40-55). After David’s plea, he becomes confident that God has heard him and will answer his plea.
David's sorrow has been turned into joy. David has an answer to his prayer. What joy, at the end of such agonizing prayer, to suddenly be aware that the Lord has heard and answered your prayer.
The first thing David did is to get rid of those evil people around him. (a liking to Job) We can take strength from David’s prayer; we may see that our enemy come as a storm against us, but if we stand, the enemy will run away. We may begin with weeping and crying for help from God, but when we trust and realise what God has done for us; our cry turns to thanksgiving and rejoicing for being with us.
This psalm is telling us how to cope with seemingly impossible problems around us. Pray with your heart and soul, and God will hear. God has already won the war. There is a caution that those who live in our household may not realise and understand our prayers to God. The psalm helps us to see that we grow in faith and confidence from every trial that comes along.
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