2 Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
2 Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.
2 Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
2 Treat me nice for a change; I'm so starved for affection. Can't you see I'm black and blue,
2 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
2 Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.
4 I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.
4 I said, "Have mercy on me, Lord; heal me, for I have sinned against you."
4 As for me, I said, "O Lord, be gracious to me; heal me,
4 I said, "God, be gracious! Put me together again - my sins have torn me to pieces."
4 I said, "Lord, be merciful to me; Heal my soul, for I have sinned against You."
4 "O Lord," I prayed, "have mercy on me. Heal me, for I have sinned against you."
(Read Psalm 41:1-4)
The people of God are not free from poverty, sickness, or outward affliction, but the Lord will consider their case, and send due supplies. From his Lord's example the believer learns to consider his poor and afflicted brethren. This branch of godliness is usually recompensed with temporal blessings. But nothing is so distressing to the contrite believer, as a fear or sense of the Divine displeasure, or of sin in his heart. Sin is the sickness of the soul; pardoning mercy heals it, renewing grace heals it, and for this spiritual healing we should be more earnest than for bodily health.
20 He sent his word, and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.
20 He sent out his word and healed them; he rescued them from the grave.
20 He sent out his word and healed them, and delivered them from their destruction.
20 He spoke the word that healed you, that pulled you back from the brink of death.
20 He sent His word and healed them, And delivered them from their destructions.
20 He sent out his word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death.
(Read Psalm 107:17-22)
If we knew no sin, we should know no sickness. Sinners are fools. They hurt their bodily health by intemperance, and endanger their lives by indulging their appetites. This their way is their folly. The weakness of the body is the effect of sickness. It is by the power and mercy of God that we are recovered from sickness, and it is our duty to be thankful. All Christ's miraculous cures were emblems of his healing diseases of the soul. It is also to be applied to the spiritual cures which the Spirit of grace works. He sends his word, and heals souls; convinces, converts them, makes them holy, and all by the word. Even in common cases of recovery from sickness, God in his providence speaks, and it is done; by his word and Spirit the soul is restored to health and holiness.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 6:2
Commentary on Psalm 6:1-7
(Read Psalm 6:1-7)
These verses speak the language of a heart truly humbled, of a broken and contrite spirit under great afflictions, sent to awaken conscience and mortify corruption. Sickness brought sin to his remembrance, and he looked upon it as a token of God's displeasure against him. The affliction of his body will be tolerable, if he has comfort in his soul. Christ's sorest complaint, in his sufferings, was of the trouble of his soul, and the want of his Father's smiles. Every page of Scripture proclaims the fact, that salvation is only of the Lord. Man is a sinner, his case can only be reached by mercy; and never is mercy more illustrious than in restoring backsliders. With good reason we may pray, that if it be the will of God, and he has any further work for us or our friends to do in this world, he will yet spare us or them to serve him. To depart and be with Christ is happiest for the saints; but for them to abide in the flesh is more profitable for the church.