Aug 1996 - Notes On Psalm 6 - Bible Studies 1964

by John Miller | Category: Voices From The Past | Aug 1996

It would be too much to say that Psalm 6 refers to the same experience of David as Psalms 32 and 51. David felt the need of God's healing hand, restoring mercy and delivering power. Our wrongdoing may get us into trouble, but it takes God's power to get us out of it. David asks to be saved for God's lovingkindness' sake, and he thinks of death and Sheol which might be his portion. How futile it would be if that was to be his portion just then! He says,

For in death there is no remembrance of Thee:

In Sheol who shall give Thee thanks?

The word remembrance, Zeker, means a memento, a memorial, a remembrance. In this it differs from Zaker, from which Zeker is derived, and which has to do with the action of the mind, to remember, recollect, to bring to mind, whereas in Zeker it is thought of a memorial, a remembrance. In the two words there is the difference between words used in connexion with the breaking of the bread (or loaf). Some speak of the breaking of the bread as remembering the Lord. This is a loose way of speaking. What the Lord said was, 'This do for a remembrance of Me'. It is a remembrance in what we do. It is a memorial of Him. We can and do remember the Lord each day of our lives and many times a day, that is an action of the mind. The Remembrance of the Lord is to do as He did in the institution of that ordinance, and this is to be done once a week, on the Lord's day.

John Miller | Aug 1996
Voices From The Past