Psalms 6:2 meaning and explanation

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.

Psalms 6:2, Berean Standard Bible

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David is speaking to God in a prayer of distress, likely weighed down by illness, enemies and a sense of divine displeasure. He does not claim strength or merit; he pleads for mercy (the Hebrew verb chanan, to show favor or grace) precisely because he is frail, a word suggesting weakness and withering.

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