Psalms 6:8
"Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping."

Commentary

Gill's Exposition

Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity,.... The psalmist being fully assured that God had heard his prayer, that he should recover from his disorder, or be delivered out of his calamities, whether corporeal or spiritual, has on a sudden a spring of joy, faith, and comfort; as sometimes there is a quick transition from comfortable to uncomfortable frames; see Psa 30:7 ; so on the contrary, there is as quick a passage from uncomfortable to comfortable ones;

see Lam 3:18 ; who may be called "workers of iniquity" See Gill on Psa 5:5 ; and these were either his open enemies, as Saul and his men, or Absalom and the conspirators with him, whom he bids to cease from following and pursuing after him; or his secret ones, hypocritical courtiers, that were about him, who were wishing and hoping for his death. It is the lot of God's people to be among the workers of iniquity; Lot was among the Sodomites, David was in Meshech and in the tents of Kedar, Isaiah was among men of unclean lips; Christ's lily is among thorns, and his sheep among goats; and though in some respects a civil conversation with wicked men cannot be avoided, for then good men must needs go out of the world; yet as little company should be kept with them as can be, and no fellowship should be had with them in sinful practices, nor in superstitious worship; and though there will not be a full and final separation from them in the present state of things, there will be hereafter, when these very words will be used by David's antitype, the Lord Jesus Christ; not only to profane sinners, but to carnal professors of religion, who have herded themselves with the people of God, Mat 25:41 . The reason why the psalmist took heart and courage, and ordered his wicked persecutors, or sycophants, to be gone from him, was his assurance of being heard by the Lord; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping; referring to what is said Psa 6:6 ; he had not only lifted up his voice in prayer, but he had wept and made supplication, as Jacob did, Hos 12:4 ; sometimes God brings his people to the throne of grace weeping, and with supplications leads them, Jer 31:9 ; and then hears their cry and answers them.

Source: Gill's Exposition (Public Domain)

Hebrew Word Studies (6 words)

H6244 עָשֵׁשׁ
Definition:

8and othersעָשֵׁשׁis denominative fromעָשׁ, properlybe moth-eaten, but improbable);**according to JacobZMG 1901, 141; ZAW 1902, 107be dark, compareעשׁשׁאdarkness, in Christian-Palestinian Aramaic. —Qa 8and othersעָשֵׁשׁis denominative fromעָשׁ, properlybe moth-eaten, but improbable);**according to JacobZMG 1901, 141; ZAW 1902, 107be dark, compareעשׁשׁאdarkness, in Christian-Palestinian Aramaic. —Qa

Possible Meanings:
  • waste away (semantic_range)
H3708 כַּעַס
Definition:

Or (in Job) kaoas {kah'-as}; fromka'ac; vexation:see HEBREWka'acBrown-Driver-Briggsכַּ֫עַסnoun masculinevexation, anger; —׳כDeuteronomy 32:2713t.;כָּ֑עַסProverbs 21:19;Ecclesiastes 1:18; suffixכַּעְסִ Or (in Job) kaoas {kah'-as}; fromka'ac; vexation:see HEBREWka'acBrown-Driver-Briggsכַּ֫עַסnoun masculinevexation, anger; —׳כDeuteronomy 32:2713t.;כָּ֑עַסProverbs 21:19;Ecclesiastes 1:18; suffixכַּעְסִ

H5869 עַיִן
Definition:

9seeעין.עִוְעִיםsee below I.עוה.I.עַ֫יִן859noun feminineGenesis 3:7and (Zechariah 3:9; 4:10 AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 75)masculineeye(ancient Semitic word; √ and relation to II.׳עunknown; Late Hebrewid.; Ph 9seeעין.עִוְעִיםsee below I.עוה.I.עַ֫יִן859noun feminineGenesis 3:7and (Zechariah 3:9; 4:10 AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 75)masculineeye(ancient Semitic word; √ and relation to II.׳עunknown; Late Hebrewid.; Ph

H6275 עָתַק
Definition:

8, 3pluralעָֽתְקוּJob 21:7;Imperfect3masculine singularיֶעְתַּקJob 14:18;Job 18:4; —1moveמִמְּקֹמוֺ׳וְצוּר יֶעJob 14:18, soJob 18:4.2advance(in years; Aramaic sense)Job 21:7(""יִחְיוּ); hence = grow o 8, 3pluralעָֽתְקוּJob 21:7;Imperfect3masculine singularיֶעְתַּקJob 14:18;Job 18:4; —1moveמִמְּקֹמוֺ׳וְצוּר יֶעJob 14:18, soJob 18:4.2advance(in years; Aramaic sense)Job 21:7(""יִחְיוּ); hence = grow o

Possible Meanings:
  • valuable (semantic_range)
  • advanced (semantic_range)
  • eminent (semantic_range)
  • surpassing (semantic_range)
H3605 כֹּל
Definition:

8 Kt.),noun masculinethe whole, all(Moabite, Phoenician,id.; Aramaicכּוֺל,; Arabic; Sabeanכל, compare DHMEpigr. Denk. 36-38; EthiopicAssyriankullatu) — absoluteכֹּל, constructכֹּלGenesis 2:5,16,20 #NA 8 Kt.),noun masculinethe whole, all(Moabite, Phoenician,id.; Aramaicכּוֺל,; Arabic; Sabeanכל, compare DHMEpigr. Denk. 36-38; EthiopicAssyriankullatu) — absoluteכֹּל, constructכֹּלGenesis 2:5,16,20 #NA

H6887 צָרַר
Definition:

A primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (as follows) -- adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppres A primitive root; to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (as follows) -- adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppres

Possible Meanings:
  • make a rival-wife (semantic_range)

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