Weary and Worn
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Introduction
Introduction
Authorship = David
Date = Unsure
Inscription Notes:
King James Version Psalm 6
To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.
Be Worshipful Psalm 6
Neginoth means “stringed instruments,” and Sheminith means “eighth,” which may refer to the number of a familiar melody, a lower octave for men’s voices or the number of strings of the instrument to be played
Type of Psalm:
This is an evening Psalm.
Psalm 3 was a morning Psalm
Psalm 4 was an evening Psalm
Psalm 5 was a morning Psalm
Psalm 6 is an evening Psalm
Be Worshipful Psalm 6
Psalm 6 is the first of seven “penitential psalms” in which the writers are being disciplined by God and experiencing suffering. The other psalms are 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143, and all of these psalms are helpful to us when we need to confess our sins and draw closer to the Lord. In this psalm, David records the stages in his difficult experience of moving by faith from trial to triumph.
TEXT:
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed. My soul is also sore vexed: But thou, O Lord, how long? Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: Oh save me for thy mercies’ sake. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In the grave who shall give thee thanks? I am weary with my groaning; All the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. Mine eye is consumed because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine enemies. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord hath heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: Let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
Discipline (1-3)
Discipline (1-3)
O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed. My soul is also sore vexed: But thou, O Lord, how long?
Rebuke = correct or rebuke
Chasten = discipline, chasten, admonish, chastise (more severe)
Statement — God, as a loving heavenly Father, first Rebukes then chastens — just as a parent warn their children before disciplining them.
ILLUSTRATION — A little girl said to her teacher, ”Miss Hayes, I don’t want to scare you, but my dad said, If my grades don’t improve, someone’s going to get a spanking!”
My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord; Neither be weary of his correction: For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth; Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Statement — David often considered the possibility of God’s chastisement during troubles and trials in his life. Here he is crying out not in opposition to correction, but to be spared God’s wrath (anger).
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Statement — David was surrounded by enemies and evildoers, he was weak and in pain, his soul was perplexed, and he wondered if God’s displeasure had fallen on him.
Vexed = disturbed, dismayed, terrified
Webster’s 1828 American Dictionary — VEX'ED, participle passive Teased; provoked; irritated; troubled; agitated; disquieted; afflicted.
Quote — According to Hebrews 12, when God disciplines us, we can despise it, resist it, collapse under it and quit, or accept it and submit. What God is seeking is submission.
Wiersbe, W. W. (2004). Be worshipful (1st ed., p. 34). Colorado Springs, CO: Cook Communications Ministries.
QUESTION — Could the trials and difficulties you are facing or have faced be God’s correction? Are you walking with Him in a way that gives you confidence in the day of trouble?
Unto thee will I cry, O Lord my rock; be not silent to me: Lest, if thou be silent to me, I become like them that go down into the pit.
(Discipline)
Death (4-5)
Death (4-5)
Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: Oh save me for thy mercies’ sake. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In the grave who shall give thee thanks?
Statement — David cries out for God to return and help him, for what good is he to God dead? He had more to do for God.
This argument is used elsewhere throughout Scripture:
What profit is there in my blood, when I go down to the pit? Shall the dust praise thee? shall it declare thy truth? Hear, O Lord, and have mercy upon me: Lord, be thou my helper.
Wilt thou shew wonders to the dead? Shall the dead arise and praise thee? Selah. Shall thy lovingkindness be declared in the grave? Or thy faithfulness in destruction? Shall thy wonders be known in the dark? And thy righteousness in the land of forgetfulness?
King Hezekiah prayed a similar prayer:
For the grave cannot praise thee, death can not celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
The Old Testament Believer did not have the clear concepts of Heaven and life after death that we do today. Much of that we get from the New Testament.
But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ, who hath abolished death, and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel:
We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Statement — We have the gift of knowing the truths of eternity, and of living our life in light of eternity.
For I know that this shall turn to my salvation through your prayer, and the supply of the Spirit of Jesus Christ, According to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith: Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only, but unto all them also that love his appearing.
[GOSPEL] Do you have the hope of heaven? Do you know for sure that you have eternal life?
These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
(Discipline)
(Death)
Despair (6-7)
Despair (6-7)
I am weary with my groaning; All the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. Mine eye is consumed because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
Statement — In previous evening Psalms, David had peace from God and slept. In this Psalm, he is sleepless because of fear and pain. — “Sleep was replaced with Suffering”
His lack of sleep only aggravated and exasperated his situation. His eyes were consumed with exhaustion and weeping.
Statement — Difficulties and pain will find us. We live in a troubled world. Our response it up to us. Will we despair, or will we seek God through prayer?
And lest I should be exalted above measure through the abundance of the revelations, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, the messenger of Satan to buffet me, lest I should be exalted above measure. For this thing I besought the Lord thrice, that it might depart from me. And he said unto me, My grace is sufficient for thee: for my strength is made perfect in weakness. Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. Therefore I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ’s sake: for when I am weak, then am I strong.
Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.
Statement — We know far more of God’s purposes and plans, than David did. We must seek God’s face in the dark times, and trust His Word in all times.
We must rest and rely on the promise of God’s goodness and faithfulness.
Quote — “I compare the troubles which we have to undergo in the course of the year to a great bundle of sticks, far too large for us to lift. But God does not require us to carry the whole at once. He mercifully unties the bundle, and gives us first one stick, which we are to carry today, and then another, which we are to carry tomorrow, and so on. This we might easily manage, if we would only take the burden appointed for us each day; but we choose to increase our troubles by carrying yesterday's stick over again today, and adding tomorrow's burden to our load, before we are required to bear it.”—John Newton
Quote — “Never doubt in the night what God gave you in the light.”
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
My brethren, count it all joy when ye fall into divers temptations; Knowing this, that the trying of your faith worketh patience. But let patience have her perfect work, that ye may be perfect and entire, wanting nothing. If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.
Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ: Whom having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory: Receiving the end of your faith, even the salvation of your souls.
Statement — We must remember that God will not always show us the purpose in every difficulty. God allowed Job to be tested far greater than more humans ever are tested, and never did explain the heavenly reasons behind it — He revealed Himself to Job, but He did not divulge His reasons.
(Discipline)
(Death)
(Despair)
Deliverance (8-10)
Deliverance (8-10)
Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. The Lord hath heard my supplication; The Lord will receive my prayer. Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: Let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
Statement — After pouring out himself before the Lord, after coming to the end of himself and crying out to God for help and mercy, David’s faith takes over.
Quote — Luther said, “Prayer is the leech of the soul, that sucks out the venom and swelling thereof.”
Spurgeon, C. H. (n.d.). The treasury of David: Psalms 1-26 (Vol. 1, p. 65). London; Edinburgh; New York: Marshall Brothers.
He is confident:
The Lord has known David’s sorrows
Go, and say to Hezekiah, Thus saith the Lord, the God of David thy father, I have heard thy prayer, I have seen thy tears: behold, I will add unto thy days fifteen years.
The Lord has heard David’s prayers
The Lord will answer David’s prayers
The Lord will deliver David from his troubles.
Quote — Many of the mournful Psalms end in this manner, to instruct the believer that he is continually to look forward, and solace himself with beholding that day, when his warfare shall be accomplished; when sin and sorrow shall be no more; when sudden and everlasting confusion shall cover the enemies of righteousness; when the sackcloth of the penitent shall be exchanged for a robe of glory, and every tear become a sparkling gem in his crown; when to sighs and groans shall succeed the songs of heaven, set to angelic harps, and faith shall be resolved into the vision of the Almighty.—George Horne.
Spurgeon, C. H. (n.d.). The treasury of David: Psalms 1-26 (Vol. 1, p. 65). London; Edinburgh; New York: Marshall Brothers.
Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not. Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is. And every man that hath this hope in him purifieth himself, even as he is pure.
And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.
Grace and peace be multiplied unto you through the knowledge of God, and of Jesus our Lord, According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue: Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Poem
I am home in Heaven, dear ones;
Oh, so happy and so bright!
There is perfect joy and beauty
In this everlasting light.
All pain and grief is over,
Every restless tossing passed;
I am now at peace forever,
Safely home in Heaven at last.
Did you wonder I so calmly
Trod the valley of the shade?
Oh! But Jesus’ love illumined
Every dark and fearful glade.
And He came Himself to meet me
In that way so hard to tread;
And with Jesus’ arm to lean on,
Could I have one doubt, dread?
Then you must not grieve so sorely,
For I love you dearly still:
Try to look beyond earth’s shadows,
Pray to trust our Father’s will.
There is work still waiting for you,
So you must not idly stand;
Do it now, while life remaineth
You shall rest in Jesus’ land.
When the work is all completed,
He will gently call you home;
Oh, the rapture of that meeting,
Oh, the joy to see you come!—Unknown
Conclusion
Conclusion
Having a difficult time?
Seek to grow by it
Allow God to change you
Allow Him to correct you
Allow Him to transform you
Focus on the hope you have in Christ
This is not all there is
This is not permanent
Eternity is reserved for us
Rest and Rely on the Goodness of God
He has promised never to leave or forsake you
He has a purpose and a plan for you
Don’t focus on the hardship, focus on your relationship with Christ
Hope in Heaven
All will be set right one day
God sees, hears, feels, and knows your hurts.
God has heard your prayers
Rest in the goodness and faithfulness of God