Psalms 6:4

Psalms 6:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.
• New International Version (NIV)Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Turn, O Lord, deliver my life; save me for the sake of your steadfast love.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Return, O Lord, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies’ sake!

Context of Psalms 6:4

2Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled. 3My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long? Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness’ sake. 5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks? 6I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

Psalms 6:4 word by word

שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה חַלְּצָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י ה֝וֹשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן חַסְדֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315

Cross-references for Psalms 6:4

• Psalms 80:14Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,
• Psalms 90:13Return, O Jehovah; how long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
• Malachi 3:7From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?
• Psalms 17:13Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
• Psalms 22:20Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.
• Psalms 86:13For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
• Psalms 116:4Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
• Psalms 120:2Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, Andfrom a deceitful tongue.
• Psalms 121:7Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul.
• Isaiah 38:17Behold, it wasformypeacethatI had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
• Psalms 25:7Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness’ sake, O Jehovah.
• Psalms 69:13But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.
• Psalms 79:8Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low.
• Daniel 9:18O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies’ sake.
• Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
• Ephesians 2:7that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus:

Commentaries on Psalms 6:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Return, O Lord - Once I had the light of thy countenance, by sin I have forfeited this; I have provoked thee to depart: O Lord, return! It is an awful thing to be obliged to say, Return, O Lord, for this supposes backsliding; and yet what a mercy it is that a backslider may Return to God, with the expectation that God will return to him!Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Return, O Lord, deliver my soul - As if he had departed from him, and had left him to die. The word “soul” in this place is used, as it often is, in the sense of “life,” for in the next verse he speaks of the grave to which he evidently felt he was rapidly descending. O save me - Save my life; save me from going down to the grave. Deliver me from these troubles and dangers. For thy mercies‘ sake - (a) As an act of mere mercy, for he felt that he had no…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The experience was so painful that the psalmist might as well have been dead, or perhaps he feared for his life.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. Return--that is, to my relief; or, "turn," as now having His face averted. for thy mercies' sake--to illustrate Thy mercy.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 6:4

• Afflictions and Adversities

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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