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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 excel. (1 Chron. 15:21)
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Psa. 12•  (Psa. 12)
, title.
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or, the eighth.
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Jer. 10:24• 24O Lord, 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 shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. (Psa. 2:5)

More on:

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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• 1<<To the chief Musician on Neginoth, A Psalm of David.>> Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness: thou hast enlarged me when I was in distress; have mercy upon me, and hear my prayer. (Psa. 4:1)
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Psa. 4•  (Psa. 4)
:*title
Sheminith.
or, the eighth.
Psa. 12:1• 1<<To the chief Musician upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.>> Help, Lord; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail 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 excel. (1 Chron. 15:21)
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1 Chron. 15•  (1 Chron. 15)
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rebuke.
Psa. 2:5• 5Then shall he speak unto them in his wrath, and vex them in his sore displeasure. (Psa. 2:5)
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Psa. 38:1• 1<<A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance.>> O Lord, 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: for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth; so have I sworn that I would not 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 should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. (Isa. 57:16)
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Jer. 10:24• 24O Lord, 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, O Jacob my servant, saith the Lord: 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 correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished. (Jer. 46:28)
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1 Cor. 11:31‑32• 31For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged.
 32But when we are judged, we are chastened of the Lord, that we should 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.