Psalm 6:8-9 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.… The earlier verses of this Psalm are a wail, but it ends in song. It is like a day of rain which clears at evening. I. THE ELEMENTS OF THE PSALMIST'S SORROW (1-7). There was the pressure of Divine displeasure on account of sin (1, 2), combined with soul-anguish (3, 4), perhaps accompanied with sickness, brining nigh unto death (4, 5), whilst enemies add their hate (6, 7). II. THE CERTAINTY OF THE PSALMIST'S DELIVERANCE (8-10). The prayer is no sooner uttered than answered. The consciousness of having been heard steals over the weary soul like a glint of light on to a bed in the hospital ward. Weeping has a voice for the ear of God. The Revised Version reads the imprecations of verse 10 as future tenses — "they shall be ashamed and turn back." When God returns, cur enemies turn back. (F. B. Meyer, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.WEB: Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping. |
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