Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 6:4

4. Return , O LORD, deliver my soul : oh, save me for thy mercies sake.

Unto me, from whom thou hast withdrawn thy self, and thy smiling Countenance, and thy helping Hand.

(i. e.) Save me, or my life, as the Soul oft signifies, as Gen. 9. 5. and 12. 5. Iob 36. 14. Psal. 33. 19. David and other good men in those times were much afraid of death, partly because the manifestations of Gods Grace to his people were then more dark and doubtful: and partly because thereby they were deprived of all opportunities of advancing God's Glory and Kingdom in the World. Comp. Isa. 38. 1, 2, 3.