Psalm 6
O LORD, Deliver My Life
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.
1O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.
2Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing; heal dme, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.
3My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O LORD—how long?
4Turn, O LORD, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5For in death there is no remembrance of you; in Sheol who will give you praise?
6I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.
7My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes.
8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the LORD has heard the sound of my weeping.
9The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer.
10All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled; they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.
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Simple lesson. One part just really stuck out to me today. “…save me for the sake of your steadfast love.” Even in what seems like an utter dire situation, David appeals for God to save him for His (God’s) sake. Yes, I’m sure he wanted saving for his own sake, but also that God would be glorified. I look back to all the different requests I’ve had for God over the 27 years of my life and so many times it’s just for me. And there’s the end of the psalm where David states that “the Lord has heard my plea; the Lord accepts my prayer.” I started to wonder how David knew this. Was he able to personally hear the voice of God so well that he answered him during this brief lament? Maybe, but another thing that I thought was that David’s request was for God’s sake. Why wouldn’t God provide for something that would be glorifying onto Him? The key was also that there appears to be a genuine desire for God’s glory to be had. Not just some twisted glorifying of oneself in the name of God, like in the example of the Pharisee’s. For Your sake. 3 simple words. So much more depth.
