Psalms 6:1,2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

We may, without the smallest injury to the grand point this Psalm hath in view, I mean, its pointed reference to Christ, look at David as speaking also of his own personal afflictions. David had a large portion of sorrow in himself, in his family and kingdom. But the beauty of the Psalm is as it beholds Christ in his strong crying and tears, when taking upon him our nature, and becoming sin for the church, that the church might be made the righteousness of God in him. If we eye the Redeemer as the sinner's surety, we shall then enter into a right apprehension of what he saith under the divine chastisement for sin. All the cries of Jesus are expressive of this. Hence it is said by him to the Father, reproach hath broken my heart, and I am full of heaviness. Psalms 69:20.