I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies [Ps. 6:5–7].
"I think we have here a picture of David, and I think we have a picture of the Lord Jesus Christ. I think it is also a picture of Israel in the last days, and a picture of believers right now—you and me. What a psalm this is! This is a cry for mercy out of the very depths of despair. Only mercy can save us. We are told over and over again in the New Testament that God is rich in mercy. He has had to use a lot of His mercy on me, but He has some left over for you. He has plenty of mercy, and we certainly need it.
Isaiah 52:14 says of the Lord Jesus, “… his visage was so marred more than any man, and his form more than the sons of men.” In Psalm 69:3 the Lord says, “I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.” Again in Psalm 42:3 the Lord says, “My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where is thy God?” In Psalm 38:10 He says, “My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.” Finally, in Psalm 88:9 the Lord says, “Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.” In all of these expressions, and I have given you only a very small segment, the Spirit of Christ speaks prophetically of His own suffering through which He would pass in the days of His humiliation.
His people, the nation Israel, that remnant in the Great Tribulation, will also pass through suffering. Today many of God’s saints are passing through it. The great comfort is that He has been through it. These are the things that He has suffered, that He endured. Regardless of what you are going through today, He has already been through it, and He can comfort you. How wonderful it is to have a Savior like the Lord Jesus Christ." McGee, J. V. (1991). Thru the Bible commentary: Poetry (Psalms 1-41) (electronic ed., Vol. 17, pp. 50–51). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
Your days of being dead
are
more than your days of being alive. Someone said live for the line not the
dot (see below). This is God's play. We are characters in it. Eccl 9:10, Ferguson. Are you a hero or are you a villain?
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing. MacBeth, Shakespeare
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What
does Psalm 6:5 teach us?