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Psalm 6

Psa. 6:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

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<<To the chief Musician
natsach (Hebrew #5329)
properly, to glitter from afar, i.e. to be eminent (as a superintendent, especially of the Temple services and its music); also (as denominative from 5331), to be permanent
KJV usage: excel, chief musician (singer), oversee(-r), set forward.
Pronounce: naw-tsakh'
Origin: a primitive root
on Neginoth
ngiynah (Hebrew #5058)
from 5059; properly, instrumental music; by implication, a stringed instrument; by extension, a poem set to music; specifically, an epigram
KJV usage: stringed instrument, musick, Neginoth (plural), song.
Pronounce: neg-ee-naw'
Origin: or ngiynath (Psa. 61:title) {neg-ee-nath'}
upon βSheminith
shmiyniyth (Hebrew #8067)
probably an eight-stringed lyre
KJV usage: Sheminith.
Pronounce: shem-ee-neeth'
Origin: feminine of 8066
b, A Psalm
mizmowr (Hebrew #4210)
properly, instrumental music; by implication, a poem set to notes
KJV usage: psalm.
Pronounce: miz-more'
Origin: from 2167
of David
David (Hebrew #1732)
Daviyd {daw-veed'}; from the same as 1730; loving; David, the youngest son of Jesse
KJV usage: David.
Pronounce: daw-veed'
Origin: rarely (fully)
.>> O Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, rebuke
yakach (Hebrew #3198)
to be right (i.e. correct); reciprocal, to argue; causatively, to decide, justify or convict
KJV usage: appoint, argue, chasten, convince, correct(-ion), daysman, dispute, judge, maintain, plead, reason (together), rebuke, reprove(-r), surely, in any wise.
Pronounce: yaw-kahh'
Origin: a primitive root
me not in thine anger
'aph (Hebrew #639)
properly, the nose or nostril; hence, the face, and occasionally a person; also (from the rapid breathing in passion) ire
KJV usage: anger(-gry), + before, countenance, face, + forebearing, forehead, + (long-)suffering, nose, nostril, snout, X worthy, wrath.
Pronounce: af
Origin: from 599
c, neither chasten
yacar (Hebrew #3256)
to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instruct
KJV usage: bind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.
Pronounce: yaw-sar'
Origin: a primitive root
me in thy hote displeasure
chemah (Hebrew #2534)
from 3179; heat; figuratively, anger, poison (from its fever)
KJV usage: anger, bottles, hot displeasure, furious(-ly, -ry), heat, indignation, poison, rage, wrath(- ful). See 2529.
Pronounce: khay-maw'
Origin: or (Dan. 11:44) chemaC {khay-maw'}
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1 Chron. 15:21• 21and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to lead the singing. (1 Chron. 15:21)
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Psa. 12•  (Psa. 12)
, title.
β
or, the eighth.
c
Jer. 10:24• 24Jehovah, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. (Jer. 10:24)
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Psa. 2:5• 5Then will he speak to them in his anger, and in his fierce displeasure will he terrify them: (Psa. 2:5)

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David,
Music; Musicians; Musical Instruments,
Neginah; Neginoth,
Psalms,
Sheminith

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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1-7:  David's complaint in his sickness.
8-10:  He triumphs over his enemies.
A.M. 2970.
B.C. 1034.
(Title.)
Neginoth.
Psa. 4:1• 1To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments. A Psalm of David. When I call, answer me, O God of my righteousness: in pressure thou hast enlarged me; be gracious unto me, and hear my prayer. (Psa. 4:1)
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Psa. 4•  (Psa. 4)
:*title
Sheminith.
or, the eighth.
Psa. 12:1• 1To the chief Musician. Upon Sheminith. A Psalm of David. Save, Jehovah, for the godly man is gone; for the faithful have failed from among the children of men. (Psa. 12:1)
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Psa. 12•  (Psa. 12)
:*title;
1 Chron. 15:21• 21and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to lead the singing. (1 Chron. 15:21)
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1 Chron. 15•  (1 Chron. 15)
:*marg:
rebuke.
Psa. 2:5• 5Then will he speak to them in his anger, and in his fierce displeasure will he terrify them: (Psa. 2:5)
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Psa. 38:1• 1A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. (Psa. 38:1)
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Isa. 54:9• 9For this is as the waters of Noah unto me, since I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth: so have I sworn that I will no more be wroth with thee, nor rebuke thee. (Isa. 54:9)
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Isa. 57:16• 16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth; for the spirit would fail before me, and the souls which I have made. (Isa. 57:16)
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Jer. 10:24• 24Jehovah, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. (Jer. 10:24)
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Jer. 46:28• 28Fear thou not, my servant Jacob, saith Jehovah: for I am with thee; for I will make a full end of all the nations whither I have driven thee, but I will not make a full end of thee; but I will correct thee with judgment, and I will not hold thee altogether guiltless. (Jer. 46:28)
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1 Cor. 11:31‑32• 31But if we judged ourselves, so were we not judged.
 32But being judged, we are disciplined of the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world. (1 Cor. 11:31‑32)
• Book 1, Series 1. The great tribulation. (““The Placement of the Psalms in Prophecy”” by B. Anstey)
• If I have brought trial on myself by sin, how difficult to see love in it! how difficult not to groan in the consciousness that it is the fruit of sin and just rebuke for it, and hence that we have no right to think of love in it! Yet where can we turn but to Him, and how look to Him to deliver whom we have offended? Such is the real and distressing difficulty of a soul which, feeling that it has brought sorrow on itself, feels it has no right to look for deliverance. It is indeed almost tempted to despair and sink under the sense of hopelessness. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 5-18” by J.N. Darby)
• While bowing under the rebukes and chastening’s of the Lord, so justly incurred, he deprecates the Lord’s displeasure and seeks His favor. The following verses give the soul’s experiences in reaching the sunshine of God’s favor. (“Psalms 6” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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To the chief Musician. On stringed instruments, upon Sheminithg. A Psalm of David. Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, and chasten me not in thy hot displeasure.

JND Translation Notes

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Perhaps "upon the octave," or "with eight strings." see Ps. 12; 1 Chron. 15.21.