Sorrow and Deliverance
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.




Sin Pleasant to Begin With, But Painful to End With
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