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Suffering Deeper Than the Body
Commentators emphasize that the psalmist's suffering is not merely physical. The phrase "my soul is also sore troubled" points to a deeper anguish of the mind and spirit. Scholars like Albert Barnes and Charles Spurgeon note that this spiritual distress, often caused by a sense of sin or distance from God, can be even more unbearable than bodily pain.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 6:3
18th Century
Theologian
My soul is also sore vexed - The word "soul" here is used in the sense in which it is commonly understood by us, as denoting the mind. The i…
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 6:3
19th Century
Bishop
But thou, O Lord, how long? (Compare to Psalm 90:13.) This is “belief in unbelief.” Domine quousque was Calvin’s…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 6:3
19th Century
Preacher
My soul is also sore vexed:
That is worse than the bones being vexed. The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wou…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 6:3
16th Century
Theologian
And you, O Jehovah, how long? This elliptical form of expression serves to express more strongly the vehemence of grief, which not only ho…
John Gill
On Psalms 6:3
17th Century
Pastor
My soul is also sore vexed
Or "exceedingly troubled", and even frightened and thrown into a consternation with indwe…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 6:1–7
17th Century
Minister
These verses speak the language of a heart truly humbled, of a broken and contrite spirit under great afflictions, sent to awaken conscience and mo…