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Nazarene Commentary 2000©

21^st Century Paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures© –
21^st Century Version of the Christian Scriptures© [NCMM]

PSALMS (1-24, 26)

PSALM 6:
LEAVE ME, WORKERS OF LAWLESSNESS

PS6:1 O Yehowah, do not correct me in Your anger, nor chastise me in your wrath. PS6:2 Show me favor, O Yehowah, for I am growing weak. PS6:3 Yes, my soul is greatly confused. 43 You, then, O Yehowah, how long? 44

43	Greatly confused: Or, vexed, troubled, dismayed, utterly terrified, torment, distraught, disturbed.

44	How long: A question appearing over a dozen times in the psalms.

PS6:4 O Yehowah, return and deliver my soul. For the sake of Your covenant-loyalty 45 save me.

45	Covenant-loyalty: Or, mercies, lovingkindness, covenant love, loving compassion, steadfast love.

PS6:5 For in death no one remembers You. 46 In Sheol 47 who will ever thank you?

46

In death no one remembers You: Or, KJV: no remembrance; LXX: in death none can make mention of you; MOF: in death’s realm there is no thought of you. This phrase rules out life after death, for surely the righteous would continue to remember God? The phrase is parallel with Sheol [Hades; hell; grave].

47

Sheol: Or, grave, underworld, world unseen, tomb, Hades, hell. In Hebrew Sheol is the grave in which the dead are in an unconscious sleep. [Job 14:12-14] Sheol occurs about 100 times in the Hebrew Bible and 22 times in the Psalms. [Research or Find SHEOL in Psalms. In the 3rd Century BC Jewish Greek Septuagint it is translated by HADES. For details see notes in Nazarene Commentary 2000 on Where Are the Dead?]

PS6:6 I am worn out with sighing. I flood my bed with tears throughout the night and cause my sleep to dissolve. PS6:7 My face is depressed with sorrow. Because of my enemies my face has aged. PS6:8 Get away from me, all you workers of lawlessness. 48 [Matthew 7:23] Yehowah has heard the sound of my weeping.

48	Get away from me, all you workers of lawlessness: Jesus quotes this verse at Matthew 7:23 and applies it to Christian workers of lawlessness who claim to have prophesied and performed signs in his name. [For details see notes in Nazarene Commentary 2000 on Matthew.]

PS6:9 Yehowah has heard my supplications. Yehowah will accept my prayer. PS6:10 Let all of my enemies become pale and be greatly confused. Once more – let them turn pale instantly.