Psalm 6/Notes/Lexical.v. 5.580879

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  • The psalmist grounds his plea in YHHW's loyalty (חַסְדֶּךָ), which recalls YHWH's promise to David in 2 Samuel 7: "I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him (וְהֹֽכַחְתִּיו) with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands. But my love (וְחַסְדִּי) will never be taken away from him, as I took it away from Saul, whom I removed from before you" (2 Sam 7:14-15, NIV). The term "loyalty" (NIV: "love"), which occurs in both passages, refers to a "state in which humans or deities are committed towards fulfilling their obligations and show that by their actions" (SDBH). SDBH suggests "loyalty" as a possible English gloss.