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Psalms 6:2
2Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am weak (faint, frail); Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed and anguished.
Psalms 6:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
- New International Version (NIV)Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
Context of Psalms 6:2
1O Lord, do not rebuke or punish me in Your anger, Nor discipline me in Your wrath. Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am weak (faint, frail); Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed and anguished. 3My soul [as well as my body] is greatly dismayed. But as for You, O Lord—how long [until You act on my behalf]? 4Return, O Lord, rescue my soul; Save me because of Your [unfailing] steadfast love and mercy.
Read all of Psalms 6Psalms 6:2 word by word
חָנֵּ֥נִי יְהוָה֮ כִּ֤י אֻמְלַ֫ל אָ֥נִי רְפָאֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֖י נִבְהֲל֣וּ עֲצָמָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 6:2
- Psalms 38:7For my sides are filled with burning, And there is no health in my flesh.
- Psalms 41:3The Lord will sustain and strengthen him on his sickbed; In his illness, You will restore him to health.
- Psalms 103:13Just as a father loves his children, So the Lord loves those who fear and worship Him [with awe-filled respect and deepest reverence].
- Psalms 30:2O Lord my God, I cried to You for help, and You have healed me.
- Genesis 20:17So Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, and they again gave birth to children,
- Exodus 15:26saying, “If you will diligently listen and pay attention to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and listen to His commandments, and keep [foremost in your thoughts and actively obey] all His precepts and statutes, then I will not put on you any of the diseases which I have put on the Egyptians; for I am the Lord who heals you.”
- Numbers 12:13So Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “Heal her please, O God, I plead with You!”
- Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and I who give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can deliver from [the power of] My hand.
- Job 5:18For He inflicts pain, but He binds up and gives relief; He wounds, but His hands also heal.
- Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; Save me and I will be saved, For You are my praise.
- Hosea 6:1“Come and let us return [in repentance] to the Lord, For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
- Matthew 4:24So the news about Him spread throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all who were sick, those suffering with various diseases and pains, those under the power of demons, and epileptics, paralytics; and He healed them.
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all the day long.
- Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin.
- Psalms 51:8Make me hear joy and gladness and be satisfied; Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
- Job 19:21Have pity on me! Have pity on me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has touched me.
Commentaries on Psalms 6:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Have mercy - I have no merit. I deserve all I feel and all I fear. O Lord, heal me - No earthly physician can cure my malady. Body and soul are both diseased, and only God can help me. I am weak - אמלל umlal . I am exceedingly weak; I cannot take nourishment, and my strength is exhausted. My bones are vexed - The disease hath entered into my bones.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Have mercy upon me, O Lord - That is, be gracious to me; or, show me compassion. This language may be used either in view of sin, of suffering, or of danger. It is a cry to God to interpose, and remove some present source of trouble, and may be employed by one who feels that he is a sinner, or by one on a bed of pain, or by one surrounded by enemies, or by one at the point of death, or by one who is looking out with apprehension upon the eternal world. It…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-3The psalmist became physically weak while waiting for God's answer to his prayer (Psalm 6:6; see 77:3; 119:81; 142:1–3; see also Psalm 101). Fasting (abstaining from eating food) might have contributed to his suffering, but it is not mentioned.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. I am weak--as a culled plant (Is 24:4). my bones--the very frame. are vexed--(Psa 2:5)--shaken with fear.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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