Passage Research
Psalm 6 — Sermon Preparation
David cries out in anguish of body and soul for mercy, then declares with sudden confidence that God has heard his weeping. Below is a research summary for Psalm 6, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
Psalm 6 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּהַל | bâhal | H926 | 3 | tremble, palpitate |
| בּוּשׁ | bûwsh | H954 | 2 | pale, be ashamed |
| נֶפֶשׁ | nephesh | H5315 | 2 | breathing creature, animal |
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 2 | turn, return |
| שָׁמַע | shâmaʻ | H8085 | 2 | hear, tell |
| אֻמְלַל | ʼumlal | H536 | 1 | sick |
| עָשֵׁשׁ | ʻâshêsh | H6244 | 1 | shrink, fail |
How preachers through history handled this text
8 public-domain excerpts on Psalm 6, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“David was a weeping prophet as well as Jeremiah, and this psalm is one of his lamentations: either it was penned in a time, or at least calculated for a time, of great trouble, both outward and inward. Is any afflicted? Is any sick? Let him sing this psalm. The method of this psalm is very observable, and what we shall often meet with. He begins with doleful complaints, but ends with joyful praises; like Hannah, who went to prayer with a sorrowful spirit, but, when she had prayed, went her way, and her countenance was no more sad. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 3 (Job to Song of Solomon), on Psalm 6:1–30 (Public Domain)
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