Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
Return - back to favour toward me.
Deliver my soul - or life, from "death," which I am on the point of (Psalms 6:5).
Save me for thy mercies' sake! - not for my merits, but for the glory of thy grace, which shall be magnified in my deliverance.
Verse 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, DELIVER MY SOUL - As if he had departed from him, and had left him to die. The word “soul” in this place is used, as it often is, in the sense of “life,” for in the next verse he speak...
Psalms 6 _ 1. The cry of repentance (Psalms 6:1)_ 2. In deep distress (Psalms 6:4) 3. Jehovah has heard (Psalms 6:8)...
VI. A RIGHTEOUS MAN'S PRAYER IN DISTRESS. (_a_) Notice (Psalms 6:1) the recognition of the fact that suffering is not always the proof of guilt and of God's wrath. Sometimes it is sent to prove, corre...
MERCIES. mercy's. Hebrew lovingkindness....
PSALMS 6 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Prayer for Deliverance from Sickness and Death. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 6:1-3, Prayer for Favour instead of Anger. Stanza II., Psalms 6:4-7, For Life instead of Deat...
6:4 loving-kindness' (a-10) _ Chesed_ . see Psalms 4:3 ....
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
_[Psalms 6:5]_ שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה חַלְּצָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י הֹ֝ושִׁיעֵ֗נִי...
Psalms 6:1 THE theme and progress of thought in this psalm are very common, especially in those attributed to David. A soul compassed by enemies, whose hate has all but sapped the life out of it, "cat...
DELIVERANCE IN TROUBLE Psalms 6:1 This is the first of the _Penitential_ Psalms, the other six being Psalms 32:1; Psalms 38:1; Psalms 51
This is known as the first of the seven great penitential psalms. It is somewhat weak in its note of true penitence and in this respect is not to be compared with some which follow. It is rather a cry...
_Long? Wilt thou leave me in distress? (Worthington) --- He breaks off abruptly to express his sorrow, See Isaias vi. 11; Jeremias xiii. 26. (Berthier) --- True converts are often tried a long time, t...
When we read this petition as the words of Christ in the flesh, how much strength do we derive from the thought that, if in the long waiting of our souls for the Lord's manifestation, we find Jesus ex...
4._Return, O Lord. _In the preceding verses the Psalmist bewailed the absence of God, and now he earnestly requests the tokens of his presence, for our happiness consists in this, that we are the obje...
In Psalms 6 the remnant take another ground. They are oppressed, their soul vexed, the extremity of distress presses on their spirit, and their conscience not being cleared gives the fear that Jehovah...
RETURN, O LORD,.... By this it seems that the Lord had withdrawn himself, and was departed from the psalmist, wherefore he entreats him to return unto him, and grant him his gracious presence. God is...
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. Ver. 4. _Return, O Lord, deliver my soul_] He calleth hard upon Jehovah, which sweet name of God he hath now five times in these fou...
_Return_ Unto me, from whom thou hast withdrawn thy smiling countenance and helping hand. _Deliver my soul_ From guilt and fear; or preserve my life, for the word _soul_ often signifies life. David, a...
A PRAYER IN ANXIETY OVER SIN. To the chief musician on Neginoth, the stringed instruments of the Temple-orchestra, upon Sheminith, that is, on the octave, probably in bass, the voice suited to the na...
Return, O Lord, for it seemed to the sufferer that Jehovah must have been absent during the severity of his trouble, DELIVER MY SOUL, redeeming it from its depth of suffering. OH SAVE ME FOR THY MERCI...
1-7 These verses speak the language of a heart truly humbled, of a broken and contrite spirit under great afflictions, sent to awaken conscience and mortify corruption. Sickness brought sin to his re...
RETURN unto me, from whom thou hast withdrawn thyself, and thy smiling countenance, and thy helping hand. DELIVER MY SOUL, i.e. save me or my life, as the soul oft signifies, as Genesis 9:5, Genesis 1...
Psalms 6:4 Return H7725 (H8798) LORD H3068 deliver H2502 (H8761) me H5315 save H3467 (H8685) mercies...
‘Return, O YHWH, deliver my soul, Save me for your lovingkindness' sake, For in death there is no remembrance of you, In Sheol who will give you thanks?' He senses the loss of YHWH's presence (comp...
Psalms 6 We may get the meaning and help of this Psalm by asking, How did David conduct himself in the time of sickness and trouble? I. He made his sorrow a question between himself and God. Set it...
Here the psalmist asks for a visit from God, for he is sick at heart, heavy and depressed. Be very thankful if that is not your case; but if it is, be very grateful that here is a prayer ready-made fo...
CONTENTS: David in weakness seeks God's help. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Our way often lies through a vale of tears, but there is One whom we can trust in the greatest straits and difficult...
THE TITLE. _On Sheminith;_ directing this psalm to be sung with a harp of eight strings, 1 Chronicles 15:21, that the air and the music might the better accord with the sentiments of the song. It is a...
_Return, O Lord, deliver my soul._ A POSTULATORY PRAYER “O Lord, return” implies a former presence, a present absence, and a confidence for the future. This is God’s return to us, in a general appreh...
_O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger._ A SONG OF SORROW It is needless to look for a historical occasion of the Psalm; but to an oar that knows the tones of sorrow, or to a heart that has itself utt...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 6:1. An individual lament from David. It describes a person whose hard circumstances have led him to see his sins and to repent. Thus, it is often considered one of the “pen...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 6:4 FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR STEADFAST LOVE. Those who are repentant appeal to God’s love and mercy, and not to their own well-doing. ⇐
INTRODUCTION “The first of the seven Penitential Psalms. It has been said that there is much of grief in it, but nothing of penitence. This, however, is an error. The tears shed by David over Absalom...
EXPOSITION This is the first of what have been called "the Penitential Psalms." It has been said that "there is much of grief in it, but nothing of penitence." The grief, however—such grief (see verse...
The sixth psalm is to the chief musician on this stringed instrument and upon the Sheminith. Now the Sheminith is a word that means the eighth, and so it was to be played in octaves. So on a stringed...
Daniel 9:18; Ephesians 1:6; Ephesians 2:7; Ephesians 2:8; Isaiah 38:17