What makes you weep? Maybe it’s the physical discomfort of an extended illness? Maybe it’s the emotional ache of a betrayal? Maybe it’s the spiritual sting of disappointing God? Whatever the source, we all experience pain, which brings out our tears.
Psalm 6 was written during a time of intense suffering for David. He felt as if he could “dissolve his couch with tears” (v. 6). Weather metaphorically or literally, the Psalmist was sick with grief.
But in the middle of the final section of this Psalm (v. 8-10), David offers a hint of hope. The Lord hears the voice of those who cry out for help; the Lord listens to those who pray (v. 9). There are all kinds of solutions that people turn to in times of trouble, but this musical psalm foreshadows what another musical psalms make abundantly clear, that God is a refuge and a present help in times of struggle (Psalm 46:1).