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Deliverance in Trouble
[Psalms 6:1-10](../../../kjv/psalms/6/1-10)
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This is the first of the *Penitential* Psalms, the other six being [Psalms 32:1-11](../../../kjv/psalms/32/1-11) ; [Psalms 38:1-22](../../../kjv/psalms/38/1-22) ; [Psalms 51:1-19](../../../kjv/psalms/51/1-19) ; [Psalms 102:1-28](../../../kjv/psalms/102/1-28) ; [Psalms 130:1-8](../../../kjv/psalms/130/1-8) ; [Psalms 143:1-12](../../../kjv/psalms/143/1-12) . The earliest verses are a wail, but the psalm ends in a song. It is like a day of rain which clears at evening. *Sheminith* is a musical term signifying “octave.”
The elements of the psalmist’s sorrow are given in [Psalms 6:1-7](../../../kjv/psalms/6/1-7) . The pressure of God’s displeasure, soul-anguish, sickness, soul-depression, an enemy’s opposition-all these were ingredients in his cup of bitterness. How touching the plea- *I am weak!* How expressive the broken sentence, so often on Calvin’s lips- *How long!* And that prayer, *O Lord, heal me,* includes the mental as well as the physical.
The certainty of deliverance looms in sight in [Psalms 6:8-10](../../../kjv/psalms/6/8-10) . The consciousness of having been heard steals over the soul as a glint of light in the hospital ward. The answer may not be at hand, but it is sure, [1 John 5:15](../../../kjv/1-john/5/15) . Weeping has a voice: God interprets sighs. The r.v. turns the imprecation of [Psalms 6:10](../../../kjv/psalms/6/10) into prediction. When God returns to us, because we return to Him, our enemies turn back.

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