“ My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? ”
My soul is also sore vexed - The word “soul” here is used in the sense in which it is commonly with us, as denoting the mind. The idea is, that his sorrows were not merely those of the bodily fra...
(c) My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? (c) His conscience is also touched with the fear of God's judgment.
VI. A Righteous Man's Prayer in Distress. ( a ) Notice ( Psalms 6:1-7 ) 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...
My soul . I. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13. sore vexed . troubled. Same as John 12:27 . Compare Psalms 42:5 ; Psalms 42:6 . how long? . until when? Figure of speech Erotesis; and, before and af...
3. And thou, O Jehovah, how long? This elliptical form of expression serves to express more strongly the vehemence of grief, which not only holds the minds of men bound up, but likewise thei...
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? How long? - How long shall I continue under this malady? How long will it be before thou speak peace to my troubled heart?
But thou, O Lord, how long?— There seems to be an ellipsis here, which is thus supplied by the Chaldee paraphrast; How long wilt thou defer to give me some refreshment? In the version of our litu...
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? My soul is ... sore vexed - as well as my body, of which the "bones are vexed" ( Psalms 6:2 ). Compare the transfer of the "sore vexed"...
But thou, O Lord, how long? — Comp. Psalms 90:13 . This is “belief in unbelief.” Domine quousque was Calvin’s motto. The most intense grief, it was said, could never extract from him another wor...
Psalms 6:1-10 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 i...
Deliverance in Trouble Psalms 6:1-10 This is the first of the Penitential Psalms, the other six being Psalms 32:1-11 ; Psalms 38:1-22 ; Psalms 51:1-19 ; Psalms 102:1-28 ; Psalms 130:1-8...
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 cr...
The Reader will not fail to discover Christ in this supplication, when he recollects how Jesus complained in the garden, when he said, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death. Matthew 26:38...
My soul is also sore vexed ,.... Or "exceedingly troubled" c, and even frightened and thrown into a consternation with indwelling sin, and on account of actual transgressions, and by reason of the h...
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? Ver. 3. My soul is also sore vexed ] This was worse than all the rest. A light load to a raw shoulder is very grievous; a little water in a...
My soul is sore vexed Partly by sympathy with my body, and partly with the burden of my sins, and the sense of thine anger, and my own danger and misery. O Lord, how long? Wilt thou suffer me to...
David's Complaints. To the chief musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith. A psalm of David. 1 O L ORD , rebuke me not in...
My soul is also sore vexed; partly by sympathy with my body; and partly with the burden of my sins, and the sense of thine anger, and my own danger and misery. How long wilt thou suffer me to lie...
‘O YHWH do not rebuke me in your anger, Nor chasten me in your hot displeasure, Have mercy on me (show your graciousness towards me), O YHWH for I am withered away, O YHWH heal me, for my bones ar...
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 Absalo...
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...
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 f...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Luke 18:7 ; Matthew 26:38 ; Proverbs 18:14 ; Psalms 13:1 ; Psalms 13:2 ; Psalms 22:14 ; Psalms 31:10 ; Psalms 31:9 ; Psalms 38:8 ; Psalms 42:11 ; Psalms 42:5 ; Psalms 77:2 ; Psalms 77:3...