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When God Feels Distant
Commentators explain that the plea "Return, O Lord" is the cry of a person who feels abandoned by God during intense suffering. It's not that God literally leaves, but that the sense of His presence and favor is gone. This verse validates the experience of feeling spiritually alone in hardship and provides a model for praying for God to make His presence felt again.
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Psalms
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 6:4
18th Century
Theologian
Return, O Lord, deliver my soul - As if he had departed from him, and had left him to die. The word “soul” in this place is used, a…
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 6:4
19th Century
Preacher
Will not that prayer suit you who are here tonight, you who are full of sin, and are heartbroken about it, and dread the wrath to come? I put this …
John Calvin
On Psalms 6:4
16th Century
Theologian
Return, O Lord. In the preceding verses, the Psalmist lamented God's absence, and now he earnestly requests signs of His presence; for our…
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John Gill
On Psalms 6:4
17th Century
Pastor
Return, O Lord
By this it seems that the Lord has withdrawn himself, and was departed from the psalmist, wherefore h…
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…