Thoughts on Psalm 6
Psalm 6 is a prayer, asking for mercy for the Psalmist’s sins. It’s a picture of how miserable he is in his sins, and how much he desires, and prays for mercy.
He starts off crying out to God, for God to not rebuke him, and to have mercy. He speaks of how weak he is, and how tired his soul is. The next couple of verses detail how weary, and tired he is. He speaks about his grief and his woe, and how much he cries.
The Psalmist concludes by saying that the Lord has heard him, and that the Lord will answer his prayer, and he ends with a warning to his enemies.
This Psalm is a prayer for mercy. How many of us pray for mercy, and pray that God will handle things? Not a generic prayer, like “Help with such-and-such”, but a real heart-felt prayer?
We live in a culture that doesn’t like admitting that we’re wrong, and that doesn’t like asking for mercy. Our culture tries to create the image of being able to handle it all. This Psalm was written by David. David, the boy who killed Goliath, David, one of the greatest Kings of Israel, David, the man after God’s own heart. This is HIS prayer to God, asking for mercy. If someone that is considered so great can humble himself, and pray for mercy, why can’t we? Too often, we try to fix things on our own, and end up making things worse, or no different. Instead, we should follow David’s example, and pray to God, and ask him for mercy.
