Psalm 6

3/5/13-3/14/13
Psalm 6^[a]

For the director of music. With stringed instruments. According to sheminith.^[b] A psalm of David.

¹ Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger
    or discipline me in your wrath.
² Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint;
    heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.
³ My soul is in deep anguish.
    How long, Lord, how long?

⁴ Turn, Lord, and deliver me;
    save me because of your unfailing love.
⁵ Among the dead no one proclaims your name.
    Who praises you from the grave?

⁶ I am worn out from my groaning.

All night long I flood my bed with weeping
    and drench my couch with tears.
⁷ My eyes grow weak with sorrow;
    they fail because of all my foes.

⁸ Away from me, all you who do evil,
    for the Lord has heard my weeping.
⁹ The Lord has heard my cry for mercy;
    the Lord accepts my prayer.
¹⁰ All my enemies will be overwhelmed with shame and anguish;
    they will turn back and suddenly be put to shame.

Although I would like to do a formal analysis of the psalm like previous ones. I have not done well in my spiritual discipline for Lent. I actually thought it would be really easy to formal analyze a psalm each day for lent, but it's been a hard task because I take other things (often useless) as priority. Interestingly, I do realize that it's a lot easier to verbalize thoughts in writing than it is actually to say it. That and it's the nature of the library.  

I'm just going to break all the rules of writing and do some creative storming and application on this passage.

Here, it seems David is repenting for something he has done wrong. In many ways this psalm applies to my own conflict for the last year or so albeit, less dramatic, and less weeping (yet more weeping for me than usual). Everything in this psalm reminds me of the sins that I have committed in the last year. To recount them would be opening up healing sores- and not to mention idiotic. But I do distinctly remember feeling this way- at least I remember distinctly asking God to have mercy on me and ask for healing. The root of it is- I believe I'm over thinking too much. There are so many reasons, but I need to learn that sometimes it doesn't matter. I need to just focus, fix my eyes on my plans, and let God do the rest. That of course requires me to make plans-- go plans! But more importantly, go God!