Psalms 6

Psalms 6:1 says,To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. Verse one says, O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.  David did not proclaim himself innocent, but asked that God not rebuke Him in anger.  We today are not innocent, but are all guilty of sin, so God could rebuke us in anger, but we can come to Him by His grace instead, if we accept the salvation of Christ.  Verse two adds, Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.  David asked for God's mercy, because he was weak and his bones were vexed.  We need to ask God's mercy, because by our own abilities we are weak and too often are vexed, or troubled, by the temptations and troubles of the world.  Verse three states, My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?  David said his soul was troubled and asked how long it would be before God gave him some relief.   If we find ourselves troubled in our souls today, we need to go to God in prayer, and we need to patiently await His answer.  Verse four says, Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.  David asked God to return and deliver his soul for the sake of God's mercy, not because David deserved it.  When God delivers us from our sins and troubles in this world, it is because of His mercy and not because we deserve it.  Verse five adds, For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?  Though this might be interpreted as David saying there was no life after death, I believe he was saying that we must make our decision about whether we are to follow Jesus Christ in our lifetime.  Once we die, it is too late to do so.  Verse six adds, I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.  David said he was weak and wary and crying all night.  I think we can say that he 2as very stressed and maybe depressed, even though he is known as one of the great men of God.  Though if we truly put all of our trust and faith in God we shouldn't be, there may be times when the world wears us down, but if so, we need to cry out to God even more.  Verse seven continues, Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.  I believe that David was saying that he could no longer look at the world with hope or with God's vision of the world.   We need to never lose our spiritual vision of what God wants from the world and from us as individual followers of Christ.  Verse eight declares, Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.  David then asked that all the workers of iniquity depart from Him, because God had heard His crying.  We need to know that God hears us and then we can tell all those who work iniquity to depart from us and know that they have no power over us.  We have the everlasting victory through Christ.  Verse nine adds, The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.  David said God had heard his prayers and had answered them, just as He will always hear and answer the prayers of Christians today.  Verse ten concludes, Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.  David asked that all his enemies be made ashamed of their actions against him, and when God's judgment comes, all those who have denied Him and were at war with His people will be ashamed.  It will be too late for it to do them any good though, so we need to be praying for their salvation today.