“ Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. ”
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...
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...
mercies . mercy's. Hebrew lovingkindness.
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...
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake. 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, retu...
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 )....
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...
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 e...
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 By this it seems that the Lord had withdrawn himself, and was departed from the psalmist, wherefore he entreats him to return unto him, and grant him his gracious presence.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...
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 f...
Return Unto me, from whom thou hast withdrawn thy smiling countenance and helping hand.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,...
David's Complaints. To the chief musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith. A psalm of David. 1 O L ORD , rebuke me not in...
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 ,...
‘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 (co...
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...
Daniel 9:18 ; Ephesians 1:6 ; Ephesians 2:7 ; Ephesians 2:8 ; Isaiah 38:17 ; Malachi 3:7 ; Psalms 116:4 ; Psalms 116:8 ; Psalms 120:2 ; Psalms 121:7 ; Psalms 17:13 ; Psalms 22:20 ; Psalm...