THE LORD HEARS THE PRAYER OF REPENTANCE

Passage: Psalm 6:1-10

Key verse: 4

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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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David sinned and received God’s rebuke and discipline. When he was chastened by God, he felt physical and spiritual pain. Yet David believed God’s love even when God was disciplining him. He believed that God would return to him and restore him. He trusted that God would deliver him from the grave and resurrect him (5).

David cried before the Lord with tears of repentance throughout the night. He believed that God would accept his tears for mercy and would remove his enemies and restore him to victory. Let’s learn David’s attitude and prayer of repentance, crying through the night for forgiveness and restoration. Let’s believe God’s love even when he refines us through his mighty hand and turn to him with new hearts.

Prayer: Father, thank you for your mercy and salvation from sin and death through Jesus. Please help me to turn to you in prayer for your forgiveness and restoration when I sin against you.

One Word: The Lord hears the prayer of repentance