Psalm 6:title–4 (ESV): O Lord, Deliver My Life

6 To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments; according to The Sheminith. A Psalm of David.

 1  O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger,

nor discipline me in your wrath.

 2  Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;

heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.

 3  My soul also is greatly troubled.

But you, O Lord—how long?

 4  Turn, O Lord, deliver my life;

save me for the sake of your steadfast love.

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Why do I seek mercy?

For what reason do I seek grace?

Sin makes life hard

Sin brings only misery

Moments of pleasure and delight

Mask the destructive rot

But it is there

Insidious and invasive

Sin hurts

Sin makes life hard

It robs of joy and peace

It fills with fear and shame

So I ask

Why do I seek mercy?

For what reason do I seek grace?

Do I seek for my own comfort?

Do I seek for my own relief?

Have I found a way

To make forgiveness about me?

Am I using grace and mercy

For self serving ends?

Am I abusing

That which was intended for your glory?

Forgiveness

Mercy

Grace

Love

These were always intended

To make much of you

These were always intended

To reveal the supreme worth of you

They were never aimed primarily

At my comfort or pleasure

David understood this

He prayed for forgiveness

Not for his benefit primarily

But for the glory of your name

Above all

This was his concern

Is it mine?

Why do I seek mercy?

For what reason do I seek grace?

Is the proclamation of your glory

My highest delight?

Is the masking of your glory

My greatest shame?

Is the elevation of your worth

My greatest pursuit?

Is the degradation of your beauty

My greatest sin?

Is my greatest discomfort

My deepest displeasure

Found in the damage done to your

Name through my sin?

Or does my fleshly comfort

Top the list?

Why do I seek mercy?

For what reason do I seek grace?

Oh that my greatest passion

Be not my comfort

But your glory and name

May I echo David

A man after your own heart

May I say

May I declare

“Save me for the sake of YOUR

Steadfast love.”

Why do I seek mercy?

For what reason do I seek grace?