Psalm 6

6:1
For the music director, to be accompanied by stringed instruments,
according to the sheminith style; a psalm of David. Lord, do not rebuke me
in your anger! Do not discipline me in your raging fury!
2
Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am frail! Heal me, Lord, for my bones are
shaking!
3
I am absolutely terrified, and you, Lord – how long will this continue?
4
Relent, Lord, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness!
5
For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you
thanks?
6
I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my
tears saturate the cushion beneath me.
7
My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies.
8
Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the Lord has heard the
sound of my weeping!
9
The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy; the Lord has accepted my prayer.
10
They will be humiliated and absolutely terrified! All my enemies will turn
back and be suddenly humiliated!

 

 

One thought:

 

We teach children to say sorry & mean it, but the only way they can truly mean what they say is if they understand the gravity of what they have done.

 

 

Three questions:

 

What might have caused David to cry out to God in this way?

 

How do you feel about sin? Do you feel its weight?

 

Reflect on sins committed over the previous days and take some time to lament them.

 

 

Prayer:

Give thanks for God’s mercy through Jesus Christ – that all our sins are forgiven in Him.

Ask for help in feeling the depth of sin that you might also feel the magnitude of the mercy receiving in Christ.

Ask God to help you sin no longer and to flee from wrongdoing.

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