Psalm 6:
“Rebuke me not in thine anger” (verse 1), indicates that David is conscious of deserving rebuke. The miseries of the depressed are both physical and psychological, and often the description of the two conditions is interwoven (verse 2-3).
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: vs.6:2
For in death there is no remembrance of thee: vs.5
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; vs.8
.... for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. vs.8
"But thou, O Lord, how long?" This sentence ends abruptly, for words failed, and grief drowned the little comfort which dawned upon him.
---The coming of Christ into the soul in his priestly robes of grace is the grand hope of the penitent soul;
--- and, indeed, Christ's appearance is, and ever has been, the hope of the saints."
BooksOfTheBible/Charles Spurgeon
“Rebuke me not in thine anger” (verse 1), indicates that David is conscious of deserving rebuke. The miseries of the depressed are both physical and psychological, and often the description of the two conditions is interwoven (verse 2-3).
This lament seems to be quite intensive, for apparently David is sleepless. His circumstances seem hopeless and helpless. The early Christian church regarded this psalm as the first among the “penitential psalms” (compare Psalms 32, 38, 51, 102, 130 and 143).
David’s cries, coming up from the depths of his personal pit of persecution, indicate a radical change in his frame of mind as he addresses two different audiences.
(1) Pouring out His Soul before God: A defeatist Frame of Mind (6:1-7).
A. A tone of Helplessness (6:1-4);
B. A tone of Hopelessness (6:5-7).
(2) Turning His Attention to His Enemies: A Defiant Frame of Mind (6:8-10).
A. His Boldness about it (6:8a);
B. His Basis for it (6:8b-10).
A new musical direction appears, literally “upon an eight”, indicating either “upon an eight-stringed lyre” or “upon the octave” (i.e., a lower bass melody to accompany these lyrics of intense lament).