Psalm 6 - a sorrowful psalm

1. A sorrowful psalm
a soul in turmoil
And the first psalm translated from
Latin to the vernacular
Psalm 6

2. The sorrowful psalm was first translated
from Latin into French by Margaraite de Navarre
sister of King Francis I was part of her poetry
book “Le miroir de l’ame pecheresse” or “The
Mirror (Glass) of the Sinful Soul”
and ‘it took Paris by storm’

3. Psalm 6
English Standard Version (ESV)
O Lord, Deliver My Life
To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments;
according to The Sheminith.
A Psalm of David.
And the music starts
stringed instruments
playing as the soul expresses sorrow

4. 6
O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger,
nor discipline me in your wrath.
A first fear is confronted:
if God angry with me?
the strings play
even as the soul pours out its
concerns

5. 2
Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;
heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
His suffering is so
intense he physically feels it
Appeal for grace made

6. 3
My soul also is greatly troubled.
But you, O Lord—how long?
Like or portending Jesus sorrow
in the garden who will say
‘my soul is exceedingly troubled’
A send issue is raised - How long?
not why but how long?
and uses two incomplete phrases
but you oh lord…. (not finishing the
thought)
how long (not finishing the question)
as if to show how intense the
effect of the suffering on the speaker
‘my soul is exceedingly
troubled’

7. 4
Turn, O Lord, deliver my life;
save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
5
For in death there is no remembrance of you;
in Sheol who will give you praise?
He appeals on the basis of God’s character to turn to him
ironically turn being the same Hebrew word as repent
He appeals on the basis of God’s glory

8. 6
I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
7
My eye wastes away because of grief;
it grows weak because of all my foes.
A bed swimming in tears
tears so persistent that his eyes
are being affected

9. 8
Depart from me, all you workers of evil,
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
9
The Lord has heard my plea;
the Lord accepts my prayer.
and yet an upturn of hope
the Lord has heard
hope rises

10. 10
All my enemies shall be ashamed and greatly troubled;
they shall turn back and be put to shame in a moment.
and his enemies will be dealt with by God
he did not bring up his enemies in the
lament till now
rather appealed to God
hope rises

11. Psalm 6 would later be translated into English by
Ann Boleyn’s daughter, Elizabeth at 11 years old
who would later become Queen Elizabeth I

12. A sorrowful psalm
a soul in turmoil
And the first psalm translated from
Latin to the vernacular
Psalm 6