Title Psalm 06:1-10 Lamentations of Tears
Content Psalm 6 lamentation of tears
David was a special man after God's heart among the many religious figures in the Old Testament (Acts 13:22). God even made David the standard of believers (1 Kings 11:4, 33, 14:8). What was the special reason that David was in harmony with God? It was not because he had not committed any sin.
Look for two reasons. First, from childhood to old age, David was more than anyone else in trusting, trusting, and serving Jehovah God. Second, when David sinned, he repented quickly, honestly, and thoroughly. Psalm 6 is one of David's psalms of repentance (Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 143). Now let's look at the content of David's psalm of repentance, Psalm 6.
1. David pleaded for salvation while trembling after being disciplined (1-7)
1) I called on the name of Jehovah.
David was probably now suffering excruciatingly from Absalom's rebellion. At that time, David looked to God and called on the name of the Lord (5 times from 1-4) . Just as King Hezekiah went into the house of the Lord when he faced a national crisis and wrote a letter before the Lord and prayed to the Lord (Isaiah 37:14-15), David looked to God and called on the name of the Lord when he faced personal and national adversity. I did.
2) He complained of his pain.
David revealed his suffering before God and told him about it. David's body became ill and emaciated, and his heart even felt trembling. The tears of sorrow over sin wet his bed night after night, and his eyesight was dimmed from the overwhelm, and his strength waned. "I am emaciated" "My bones tremble" "My soul trembles exceedingly" "I am weary from groaning"
3) They appealed for God's mercy and salvation.
David now pleaded with God to show mercy to him instead of wrath and to deliver him. Discipline comes as the scourge of love that God gives to His beloved children, but wrath and wrath come as judgments on the enemies God forsakes. In fact, David was a sinner who had no choice but to receive God's wrath, but he pleaded for mercy. "Have mercy on me"
The only basis for a sinner to be forgiven is God's mercy and mercy. “Even in your wrath, do not forget mercy” (Hab 3:2). And David pleaded with him to heal him (he was sick in mind and body), deliver him, and save him. One of the purposes of asking for salvation was to live to give thanks and praise to the Lord.
4) I repented with tears in my eyes.
Here, David did not list his sins and say that he repented, but his tears did show his true repentance. David was a man of tears.
“Every night he lifts my bed with tears” (see Psalm 56:8; 39:I2; 1 Samuel 30:4). God values tears and mourning (Isaiah 38:5; Matt 5:4; Luke 7:38).
2. David was certain of prayer and salvation (8-10)
1) Assurance of answers to prayer
When a believer repents and prays, God immediately answers his prayer (2 Samuel 2:13; Isaiah 38:5; Luke 18:14). David confessed that his prayer was answered three times. A song of lamentation has been turned into a song of confidence and hope.
2) Confidence in salvation
The foundation of repentance brings assurance of salvation and victory. I am sure that all my enemies will retreat, and I give orders to them. The song of mourning, “Leave me, all of you,” “All my enemies will turn away in shame” eventually turned into a song of assurance and victory.