Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I [am] weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
Ver. 2. Have mercy upon me, O Lord] As the woman in the story appealed from Philip to Philip, so doth David fly from God's anger to God's grace; for he had none else in heaven or earth to repair to, Psalms 73:25. He seeks here to escape him by closing with God, and to get off by getting within him.
For I am weak] Or crushed, gnashed, extremely dejected with sickness of body and trouble of mind. Basil expounds it as his foul sins into which he fell from infirmity, and for which he was threatened with judgments by the prophet Nathan.
O Lord, heal me] On both sides: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee, Psalms 41:4,; heal my body, which is full of dolours and diseases, Psalms 107:18; Psalms 107:20; for thou art Jehovah the physician, Exodus 15:26. Heal mine estate, which is very calamitous by reason of mine enemies, who wish my death, and would gladly revel in my ruins. See Hos 6:2 Isaiah 30:26 .
For my bones are vexed] viz. By reason of my leanness and long lying. For albeit the bones of themselves are insensible, and ache not; yet the membranes and tunicles do that compass the bones.