Psalms 6:9

9 The LORD has heard my cry for mercy; the LORD accepts my prayer.

Psalms 6:9 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
9 The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.
English Standard Version (ESV)
9 The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD accepts my prayer.
New Living Translation (NLT)
9 The LORD has heard my plea; the LORD will answer my prayer.
The Message Bible (MSG)
9 My requests have all been granted, my prayers are answered.
American Standard Version (ASV)
9 Jehovah hath heard my supplication; Jehovah will receive my prayer.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
9 The LORD has heard my plea for mercy. The LORD accepts my prayer.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
9 The Lord has heard my plea for help; the Lord accepts my prayer.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
9 The LORD has heard my cry for his favor. The LORD accepts my prayer.

Psalms 6:9 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 6:9

The Lord hath heard my supplication
Which he had presented to him, ( Psalms 6:1 Psalms 6:2 Psalms 6:4 ) ; in which he deprecates his anger and hot displeasure; entreats his free favour, grace, and mercy; desires healing for soul or body, or both; prays a return of his gracious presence; and deliverance and salvation out of all his troubles, from all his enemies, and from death itself. The word F8 used properly signifies petitions for grace and mercy, which the psalmist put up under the influence of the spirit of grace and supplication, and which were heard;

the Lord will receive my prayer;
instead of a burnt offering, as Aben Ezra glosses it; as sweet incense, as what is grateful and delightful, coming up out of the hands of Christ the Mediator, perfumed with the sweet incense of his mediation: the word F9 signifies prayer made to God as the righteous Judge, as the God of his righteousness, who would vindicate his cause and right his wrongs; and a believer, through the blood and righteousness of Christ, can go to God as a righteous God, and plead with him even for pardon and cleansing, who is just and faithful to grant both unto him. The psalmist three times expresses his confidence of his prayers being heard and received, which may be either in reference to his having prayed so many times for help, as the Apostle Paul did, ( 2 Corinthians 12:8 ) ; and as Christ his antitype did, ( Matthew 26:39 Matthew 26:42 Matthew 26:44 ) ; or to express the certainty of it, the strength of his faith in it, and the exuberance of his joy on account of it.


FOOTNOTES:

F8 (ytnxt) "supplices pro gratia preces meas", Michaelis: so Ainsworth.
F9 (hlpt) "est propria oratio habita ad juris et aequi arbitrum"; Cocceius in Psal. iv. 2.

Psalms 6:9 In-Context

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.

Cross References 1

  • 1. Psalms 28:6; Psalms 116:1
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