Псалом 6

The inscription indicates performance to the accompaniment of stringed instruments. The psalm was most likely written during Absalom’s uprising, which was just beginning to prepare. The latter, resting primarily on power-hungry plans, was at the same time an expression of God’s judgment on David for the crime he committed with Bathsheba and Uri: as having destroyed the family happiness of another, he himself must suffer punishment in his own family. David saw the connection of his crime with this uprising and in most of the psalms from this time, he, depicting himself as undeservedly persecuted by the people (Ps. 3:2), repents of his sin before God and asks for leniency towards him, which we see in this psalm. David prays to God for mercy and mercy in view of his severe mental and physical suffering (2–8). In this repentance and prayer, he draws confidence in Divine help, which is why he tells his enemies that their persecution will be unsuccessful (9-11). Ps.6:2. God! Do not rebuke me in Your wrath, and do not punish me in Your anger. “Not in rage... rebuke... and not in anger... punish.” David was deeply aware of his guilt before God, and the gravity of the crime he committed weighed on him so much that he prayed to God only for mercy because of His great mercy, and not because David recognized any merit before God. Ps.6:3. Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am weak; Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are shaken; Ps.6:4. and my soul is greatly shaken; How long are you, Lord? David’s suffering was both physical, in a deep illness that affected his entire body (“my bones are shaken” see Ps. 37:4–8) and spiritual, in the consciousness of his sins before God. Ps.6:6. for in death there is no remembrance of You: in the grave who will glorify You? David sets forth a new motive for why he asks God for his pardon. His current physical condition and moral illness are such that, according to his understanding, they should lead to death, to Sheol, and there “there is no remembrance of You: in the grave who will glorify You?” Remembrance of God consists in penetration by His commandments, which require external detection; to glorify God means not only to compose a hymn in His honor, but to glorify Him by one’s actions. Those living in Sheol are deprived of both, as a place of inactive peace and spiritual tension in anticipation of God's future judgment (Job 14:12–14, 3:13–20). Thus, the death of David in his present situation would not give him the opportunity to fulfill the purpose of man on earth, and he prays for the granting of this opportunity. Ps.6:8. My eye is withered by sorrow, worn out by all my enemies. David mourns his sins, he no longer has enough tears and his eyes are inflamed (“my eye is withered from sorrow”); “I became dilapidated from all my enemies”, became weak, unable to distinguish objects well from the tears caused by my misfortunes (“from enemies”). Ps.6:9. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the Lord has heard the voice of my cry, Ps.6:10. The Lord heard my prayer; The Lord will accept my prayer. Ps.6:11. May all my enemies be put to shame and severely defeated; may they return and be ashamed instantly. David's repentant prayer to God was accompanied by some indication from God that it was accepted by Him, why the nature of its content was changing; David demands that the wicked withdraw from him, and he believes that his enemies will be ashamed by the failure of their persecution. These lawless enemies were supporters of Absalom, who gradually rallied around the latter and increasingly revealed a hostile attitude towards David. You might be interested in: