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Salmos 6

VBL · Chapter 6/150

1Para el director del coro. Para acompañamiento de instrumentos de cuerda según el Seminit. Un salmo de David. Señor, por favor, no me condenes por causa de tu enojo hacia mi; por favor, no me castigues con tu ira.

2Ten misericordia de mi, Señor, porque estoy débil; sáname, Señor, porque estoy enfermo hasta los huesos.

3Tiemblo de miedo. ¿Hasta cuándo Señor, harás algo?

4Vuélvete hacia mi, Señor, ¡y rescátame! ¡Sálvame por tu gran amor!

5Porque nadie recuerda cuando ya está muerto. ¿Quién podrá alabarte desde el sepulcro?

6Mis gemidos me han consumido. Cada noche mi cama se inunda con mi llanto, y mi sillón rebosa con mis lágrimas.

7De tanto llorar no puedo casi ni ver. Mis ojos se debilitan por la agonía que me causan mis enemigos.

8Déjenme en paz, pueblo que hace el mal. Porque el Señor ha escuchado mi llanto.

9El Señor ha escuchado mi ruego de ayuda, y él responde mi oración.

10Todos los que me odian serán vencidos y aterrorizados con gran vergüenza, y huirán con gran humillación.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

David, weak and distressed both physically and emotionally, weeps through the night pleading for God's mercy, but ends the psalm with the assurance that the LORD has already heard his plea.

Explanation

This is the first of the so-called 'penitential psalms' (along with Psalms 32, 38, 51, 102, 130, and 143), texts traditionally used by those seeking repentance and healing in the midst of suffering. David describes real physical suffering — troubled bones, eyes worn out from weeping — tied to anguish of soul, showing how the Bible does not separate physical health from emotional and spiritual health. The turn in verse 8 ('the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping') is abrupt and teaches something important: the assurance of being heard can come even before the visible answer to the problem.

Fun facts

  • This psalm is the first of the seven 'penitential psalms' of Christian tradition, historically used during seasons of fasting and repentance, such as Lent.
  • The title mentions instruments 'of eight strings' (Sheminith), suggesting this psalm was sung with a specific musical accompaniment, possibly in a lower register.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Salmos 6:1It opens asking that God's correction not come loaded with anger: the psalmist doesn't deny that he needs correcting, he only asks that it not be in fury.
  2. Salmos 6:2It describes a suffering that feels physical, down to the bones, a Hebrew way of saying that the pain has taken over the whole body, not just the mind.
  3. Salmos 6:3The affliction moves from the body inward, striking the soul as well, and ends with the most common question of laments: how long will this last?
  4. Salmos 6:4He asks that God draw near again, as though He had withdrawn, and that salvation come purely out of mercy, not by any merit of the psalmist's own.
  5. Salmos 6:5In the Old Testament, before a clear idea of resurrection, death was seen as silence: whoever was in the grave, Sheol, no longer praised or took part in life with God. It's this silence the psalmist uses as an argument for healing: if he dies, he stops praising You.
  6. Salmos 6:6It's poetic exaggeration to describe how much he wept: the bed soaked with tears as if floating in them. The point is to show the depth of the anguish, not to give a literal description.
  7. Salmos 6:7It's another physical image of suffering: the eyes grow worn and weary from so much weeping, as though they had aged before their time under the pressure of enemies.
  8. Salmos 6:8After so much lament, the tone suddenly shifts: the psalmist now speaks with confidence that he has been heard, and tells those who do evil to stay away from him.
  9. Salmos 6:9It repeats the same confidence from the previous verse, almost like a final declaration: the prayer didn't fall into emptiness, it was heard and will be accepted.
  10. Salmos 6:10The psalm ends asking that the enemies be put to shame and driven back. It's the common pattern of psalms of lament: starting out complaining about the situation and ending trusting that God will turn the tables on whoever caused the suffering.

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