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“The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer” (Psalm 6:9).
Herein Psalm 6, verses 1-6 are David in misery. He begins by begging God for mercy. He God not to rebuke or chasten him, while God is angry and hot with displeasure. David expresses despair because he is physically and emotionally weak. He asks God how long his suffering will continue? He rationalizes with God that, if he, David, dies from his pain, who will live to praise God. David then returns to recounting his sorrow; he tells of all the tears he has cried. Finally, in verses 8-9, hope grows in David’s words; God has heard his prayer and will receive it.
Did David receive an answer at just that moment? We are not told. It is only said, “Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hat heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer” (v. 9.). We do know that David received comfort in his prayers, which gave him hope.
In his summary, Matthew Henry states,
“David was a weeping prophet as well as Jeremiah, and this psalm is one of his lamentations: either it was penned in a time, or at least calculated for a time, of great trouble, both outward and inward” (210).
As psalm such as this is an encouragement to us in our own times of trouble.
“Is any afflicted? Is any sick? Let him sing this psalm” (Henry 210).
And, finally, Henry notes,
“This psalm is like the Book of Job” (210).
Works Cited
Henry, Matthew. “Psalm 6.” Matthew Henry’s Commentary On the Whole Bible: New Modern Edition. Volume 3 and Volume 6, Hendrickson Publishers, Inc., March 1996.
Holy Bible: Giant Print with Study Aids. Dugan Publishers, Inc., 1984.
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