Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalm 6:8 belongs to David's complaint in his sickness, in a psalm probably written by David. It stands in Psalms 1 to 17, in the first of the five books into which the Hebrew divides the Psalms, coming after the five books of Moses and Job. It was given by God as an inspired song for His children to sing and study at all times to impress His great Fatherhood and the spiritual truths already seen. Like Psalms 1, 2, 8, and 15, it is to be memorized and learned by experience, so that by the word of His lips one is kept from the paths of the destroyer.
The verse declares that the Lord has heard the voice of the speaker's weeping, and this assurance gives confidence to tell all evildoers to depart. Weeping is one expression of prayer. The psalm's words are precious to the Christian, calming a troubled soul and bringing peace to a wounded conscience. Because the prayer is heard, the heart is stilled and sorrows will end, while foes will withdraw in confusion and shame.
Psalm 6:8 belongs to David's complaint in his sickness, in a psalm probably written by David. It stands in Psalms 1 to 17, in the first of the five books into which the Hebrew divides the Psalms, coming after the five books of Moses and Job. It was given by God as an inspired song for His children to sing and study at all times to impress His great Fatherhood and the spiritual truths already seen. Like Psalms 1, 2, 8, and 15, it is to be memorized and learned by experience, so that by the word of His lips one is kept from the paths of the destroyer.
The verse declares that the Lord has heard the voice of the speaker's weeping, and this assurance gives confidence to tell all evildoers to depart. Weeping is one expression of prayer. The psalm's words are precious to the Christian, calming a troubled soul and bringing peace to a wounded conscience. Because the prayer is heard, the heart is stilled and sorrows will end, while foes will withdraw in confusion and shame.