Psalm 6:2 Have mercy on me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. But behold what rhetoric he trieth to move God to cure him: "I am weak"; an argument taken from his weakness; which indeed were a weak argument to move any man to show his favour, but is a strong argument to prevail with God. If a diseased person would come to a physician, and only lament the heaviness of his sickness, he would say, "God help thee"; or an oppressed person come to a lawyer, and show him the estate of his action and ask his advice, he would answer, "That is a golden question"; or to a merchant to crave raiment, he will either have present money or a surety; or a courtier for favour, you must have your reward ready in your hand. But coming before God, the most forcible argument ye can use is your necessity, poverty, tears, misery, unworthiness, and confessing them to Him, it shall be an open door to furnish you with all things that He hath. (A. Symson B. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.WEB: Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled. |
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