Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
The verse stands in the first book of the Psalms, among Psalms 1 to 11, which meet every phase of human experience to help the soul in discouragement, strengthen it in trial, give solid comfort in grief, expose the dangers of sin, warn against transgression, and point to a God who is able and willing and eager to save, and it shows how many psalms begin with an expression of a sense of great need and end with triumph and confidence in God. Psalm 6, to which the verse belongs, is one of the seven penitential psalms. The verse belongs to David's complaint in his sickness.
In the verse the psalmist asks that his enemies be confused and distressed. He then asks that they retreat in sudden shame before the Lord's anger. Psalm 6 is precious to the Christian, calming the troubled soul and giving peace to the wounded conscience.
The verse stands in the first book of the Psalms, among Psalms 1 to 11, which meet every phase of human experience to help the soul in discouragement, strengthen it in trial, give solid comfort in grief, expose the dangers of sin, warn against transgression, and point to a God who is able and willing and eager to save, and it shows how many psalms begin with an expression of a sense of great need and end with triumph and confidence in God. Psalm 6, to which the verse belongs, is one of the seven penitential psalms. The verse belongs to David's complaint in his sickness.
In the verse the psalmist asks that his enemies be confused and distressed. He then asks that they retreat in sudden shame before the Lord's anger. Psalm 6 is precious to the Christian, calming the troubled soul and giving peace to the wounded conscience.