Psalms 6
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.
Psalms 7
Summary for Ps 7:1-17: Ps 7 v This psalm consists of a lament (7:1-2 w), an oath of innocence (7:3-5 x), an appeal to God’s justice (7:6-9 y), an affirmation of God’s just kingship (7:10-16 z), and a concluding hymn of praise (7:17 aa).7:title ab Cush, an unknown person of the tribe of Benjamin, remained hostile to David.
7:1 ac Persecutors (a common term for “enemies”) intentionally seek out people in order to destroy them (31:15 ad; 56:1-2 ae; 71:11 af; 143:3 ag).
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