SAVE ME BECAUSE OF YOUR UNFAILING LOVE

Passage: Psalms 6:1-10

Key verse: 4b

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Psalm 6[a]
For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.[b] A psalm of David.

1 Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger(A)
    or discipline me in your wrath.
2 Have mercy on me,(B) Lord, for I am faint;(C)
    heal me,(D) Lord, for my bones are in agony.(E)
3 My soul is in deep anguish.(F)
    How long,(G) Lord, how long?

4 Turn,(H) Lord, and deliver me;
    save me because of your unfailing love.(I)
5 Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
    Who praises you from the grave?(J)

6 I am worn out(K) from my groaning.(L)

All night long I flood my bed with weeping(M)
    and drench my couch with tears.(N)
7 My eyes grow weak(O) with sorrow;
    they fail because of all my foes.

8 Away from me,(P) all you who do evil,(Q)
    for the Lord has heard my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;(R)
    the Lord accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;(S)
    they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.(T)

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Footnotes
  1. Psalm 6:1 In Hebrew texts 6:1-10 is numbered 6:2-11.
  2. Psalm 6:1 Title: Probably a musical term
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O Lord, Deliver My Life

To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to (A)The Sheminith.[a] A Psalm of David.

6 O Lord, (B)rebuke me not in your anger,
    nor (C)discipline me in your wrath.
2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
    (D)heal me, O Lord, (E)for my bones are troubled.
3 My (F)soul also is greatly troubled.
    But you, O Lord—(G)how long?

4 Turn, O Lord, deliver my life;
    save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5 For in (H)death there is no remembrance of you;
    in Sheol who will give you praise?

6 I am (I)weary with my (J)moaning;
    every night I flood my bed with tears;
    I drench my couch with my weeping.
7 My (K)eye wastes away because of grief;
    it grows weak because of all my foes.

8 (L)Depart from me, all you (M)workers of evil,
    for the Lord (N)has heard the sound of my weeping.
9 The Lord has heard my (O)plea;
    the Lord accepts my prayer.
10 All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
    they shall (P)turn back and be put to shame in a moment.

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  1. Psalm 6:1 Probably a musical or liturgical term
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1. Have mercy on me, LORD (1-7)

David was in the midst of great pain and anguish which was so great that he felt rebuked by God or disciplined by LORD's anger. His strength was gone, his vision blurred, however, he didn't give up hope in God even in his deep anguish of soul, and waited on the LORD, asking all the more for his mercy: 'Turn LORD, deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.' David deeply trusted God's never failing and unchanging love. He held onto it regardless of his present situation. Praise God for his unfailing love that sent his Son to the cross for a sinner like me! May we be like David and trust the Lord in all circumstances!

2. The LORD has heard my cry for mercy (8-1

)

After his prayer, David was confident that God had heard his cry for mercy and would act on his behalf to put his enemies to shame and anguish. This is the reason he could shout, 'Away from me, all you who do evil, for the Lord has heard my weeping.'

Prayer: Lord, thank you for showing your unfailing love for me through Jesus Christ. Help me trust your never-changing love and pray persistently until my prayer is accepted.

One Word: God's love never fails