Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.
What does Psalms 6:10 mean?
What a sudden change is here! Having made his request known to God, the psalmist is confident that his sorrow will be turned into joy.
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Commentary on Psalms 6:10
Let all mine enemies be ashamed - Be so brought to see their folly that they shall be ashamed of their conduct. The wish is that they might be brought to see their own guilt - a wish certainly which it is right to cherish in regard to all evil-doers. And sore vexed - Compare the notes at Psalm 5:10 . The same Hebrew word is used here which occurs in Psalm 6:2-3 , and rendered "vexed.
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they shall be ashamed. Jarchi, from R. Jonathan and R.
- they shall be ashamed
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they shall be ashamed. Jarchi, from R. Jonathan and R.
Context in Psalms 6
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Psalms 6 belongs to the early movement of the book, especially the section often described as Book I. Psalms is the Bible’s great book of sung prayer, teaching the full range of faithful speech from anguish and repentance to jubilation and doxology. Read this chapter with the wider themes of prayer, praise, and lament in view so the individual verses keep their proper weight.
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