Psa 6 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Ps 6:1-10: Ps 6 The occasion for this lament might have been sickness or a mental or spiritual depression from which the psalmist sought healing. Summary for Ps 6:1-3: 6:1-3 The psalmist asks for God’s favor and restoration at a difficult time. 6:1 don’t rebuke me ... or discipline me: The psalmist does not explicitly connect God’s discipline with sin here (cp. 39:8-11 ), but it might be implied.

Summary for Ps 6:1-10: Ps 6 ^a The occasion for this lament might have been sickness or a mental or spiritual depression from which the psalmist sought healing.
Summary for Ps 6:1-3: 6:1-3 ^b The psalmist asks for God’s favor and restoration at a difficult time. 6:1 ^c don’t rebuke me ... or discipline me: The psalmist does not explicitly connect God’s discipline with sin here (cp. 39:8-11 ^d), but it might be implied.
Summary for Ps 6:2-3: 6:2-3 ^e In his longing for God’s response to his prayer, the psalmist grew physically weak (6:6 ^f; see 77:3 ^g; 119:81 ^h; 142:1-3 ⁱ; see also Ps 101 ^j). Fasting might have played a part in his agony, but this is not mentioned.
Summary for Ps 6:4-5: 6:4-5 ^k The experience was so painful that the psalmist might as well have been dead, or perhaps he feared for his life.
6:5 ^l from the grave? Hebrew from Sheol? In the Old Testament, Sheol is the abode of the dead. It is not necessarily associated with punishment.
Summary for Ps 6:6-7: 6:6-7 ^m The psalmist is exhausted to the depths of his being from the anguish of his spiritual distance from the Lord (22:1 ⁿ; 31:9-10 ^o; 102:5 ^p).

• When eyes dim, the body is failing (see 13:3 ^q; 31:9 ^r; 38:10 ^s; Matt 6:22 ^t).
Summary for Ps 6:8-10: 6:8-10 ^u In a closing note of triumph, the psalmist reasserts his confidence in the Lord.