The Bible Study Podcast, episode 354. Today, the Bible Study podcast continues the study of Psalms with Psalm 6.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen. We're continuing on with Psalm 6 today, and then I suspect we may also go on to Psalm 10. We're going to jump back and get a couple of the Psalms in between, but one of the reasons I wanted to pull both of these together is that they have a similar tone and theme. We're not going to look at every psalm, as I said, but I do want to

pull out some of the different types of psalms. I want to look at some of the praise psalms. I want to look at some of the laments. And this is one of those psalms that is filled with emotion. And it's filled with emotion. It is a Psalm of David, and it was written in obviously a very difficult time. And it goes like this. From the director of

music with stringed instruments, according to Sheminth, a psalm of David. Lord, do not rebuke me in your

anger or discipline me in your wrath. Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint. Heal me, Lord, for my bones

are in agony, my soul in deep anguish.

How long, Lord, how long?

Turn, Lord, and deliver me.

Save me because of your unfailing love.

Among the dead, no one proclaims your name.

Who praises you from the grave?

I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping, and drench my couch with tears. My eyes grow weak with sorrow. They fall because of all my foes. Away from you all who do evil, for the Lord has heard my weeping. The Lord has heard my cry for mercy.

The Lord accepts my prayer. All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish.

They will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.

As we said, this is a song that is filled with emotion. And if we look at it, there's a couple

clues what's going on. And we know that it's for stringed instruments, but that doesn't tell

us when it happened to David or what's going on or what he's talking about. And he only gives

some hints in here. So we can at best guess, but we can tell a couple things. We know that he is asking God not to rebuke him.

And so this is after he has done something that he feels is worthy of rebuke. Do not rebuke me

in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. God is not happy with David right now.

And so one of the reasons while David is shedding

tears on his couch is because he knows that he has broken that relationship between he and God.

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