Psalms 6:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. ”

Psalms 6:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mine eye is consumed - The word here rendered “consumed” - עשׁשׁ ‛ âshêsh - means properly to fall in, to fall away, and is applied here to the “eye” as pining or wasting away from care, a...
Psalms 6:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 6:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

consumed . wasted. enemies . adversaries.
Psalms 6:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. Mine eye is consumed - עששה asheshah, is blasted, withered, sunk in my head.
Psalms 6:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Mine eye, &c.— Mine eye is { fretted / worn away } with indignation; it is grown old because of all my oppressors. Mr. Mudge observes, that the original word עתקה athkah, rendered waxe...
Psalms 6:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. Mine eye ... waxeth old. The eye generally indicates the state of the body and mind, whether affected with il...
Psalms 6:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Consumed — i.e., sunken; literally, fallen away. The LXX. use the same word employed to render vexed in Psalms 6:2 . Grief has brought the signs of premature age ( Job 17:7 ; Psalms 31:9 ,...
Psalms 6:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Psalms 6:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 6:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 6:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We need only to compare scripture with scripture, to discover that it is Jesus of whom the prophet here speaks. Psalms 22:1-2 . But, Reader! do not hastily pass over this review. Did Jesus cry and g...
Psalms 6:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Mine eye is consumed because of grief ,.... Either by reason of the affliction he laboured under, which could not he joyous, but grievous; or because, of the sin that was in him, and those that he h...
Psalms 6:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. Ver. 7. Mine eye is consumed ] Heb. gnawn, moth eaten. That eye of his that had looked and lusted after his neighb...
Psalms 6:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

All the night Or, every night , as the margin renders כל לילה, cal lailah; make I my bed to swim With tears, an hyperbole used also elsewhere. It well becomes the greatest spirits to be tender,...
Psalms 6:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Complaints. To the chief musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith. A psalm of David. 1 O L ORD , rebuke me not in...
Psalms 6:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Consumed; or, grown dim or dull , through plenty of salt tears which I shed; or through the decay of my spirits. Because of grief, i.e. my grief arising from mine enemies, as the next clause i...
Psalms 6:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘I am weary with my groaning. Every night I make my bed swim, I water my couch with my tears. My eye wastes away because of grief, It grows old because of all those who distress me. He goes on t...
Psalms 6:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 6:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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...
Psalms 6:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
Psalms 6:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 6:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Psalms 6:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 6:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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...
Psalms 6:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Job 17:7 ; Lamentations 5:17 ; Psalms 31:10 ; Psalms 31:9 ; Psalms 32:3 ; Psalms 38:10 ; Psalms 88:9

Psalms 6:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 6:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 6:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 6:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 6:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 6:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 6:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 6:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 6:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 6:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 6:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 6:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 6:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 6:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 6:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 6:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 6:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 6:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 6:7 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 6:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 6:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 6:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 6:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 6:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 6:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge