Psa 6:1 | CPDV | STEP | In parts according to verses. A Psalm of David. For the octave.

‏ Psalms 6:1

A prayer of a penitent sinner, under the scourge of God. The first penitential psalm.

1 In parts according to verses. A Psalm of David. For the octave. ^{▼▼6:1 For the octave: That is, to be sung on an instrument of eight strings. St. Augustine understands it mystically, of the last resurrection, and the world to come; which is, as it were, the octave, or eighth day, after the seven days of this mortal life: and for this octave, sinners must dispose themselves, like David, by bewailing their sins, whilst they are here upon earth.(Challoner)}