Psalms 6 — Jamieson–Fausset–Brown
6:1
1. He owns his ill desert in begging a relief from chastisement.
6:2
2. I am weak--as a culled plant (Is 24:4). my bones--the very frame. are vexed--(Psa 2:5)--shaken with fear.
6:3
3. how long?--shall this be so (compare Psa 79:5). but--or, "and." thou--The sentence is incomplete as expressive of strong emotion.
6:4
4. Return--that is, to my relief; or, "turn," as now having His face averted. for thy mercies' sake--to illustrate Thy mercy.
6:5
5. (Compare Psa 115:17, 18; Is 38:18). There is no incredulity as to a future state. The contrast is between this scene of life, and the grave or Sheol, the unseen world of the dead. give ... thanks--or, "praise for mercies."
6:6
6. By a strong figure the abundance as well as intensity of grief is depicted.
6:7
7. consumed--or, "has failed," denoting general debility (Psa 13:3; 38:10). waxeth old--or, "dim." grief--mingled with indignation.
6:8–9
8-9. Assured of God's hearing, he suddenly defies his enemies by an address indicating that he no longer fears them.
6:10
10. and knows they will be disappointed and in their turn (compare Psa 6:3) be terror-stricken or confounded.