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6:8 Depart from me, all you workers of evil. This seems to be spoken to those who would take advantage of the singer's distress, slandering him and perhaps even trying to hasten his death. But if the Lord has heard, then these enemies are "all bark and no bite." Jesus uses these words in Luke 13:27, likening any Jews of his day who resist his message to the enemies in this psalm; they will discover in the end that Jesus really does have God's favor.

6:9 The particular plea and prayer is that of vv. 1-5; the Lord, in hearing it, forgives.

6:10 There is a reversal here: the singer's bones and soul were troubled (vv. 2-3), but now the enemies will be greatly troubled.