Psalms 6:3

Psalms 6:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long?
• New International Version (NIV)My soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord, how long?
• English Standard Version (ESV)My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O Lord—how long?
• New King James Version (NKJV)My soul also is greatly troubled; But You, O Lord—how long?

Context of Psalms 6:3

1Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, and chasten me not in thy hot displeasure. 2Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am withered; Jehovah, heal me, for my bones tremble. And my soul trembleth exceedingly: and thou, Jehovah, till how long? 4Return, Jehovah, free my soul; save me for thy loving-kindness' sake. 5For in death there is no remembrance of thee; in Sheol who shall give thanks unto thee?

Psalms 6:3 word by word

וְ֭נַפְשִׁי נִבְהֲלָ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד וְאַתָּ֥ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה עַד־מָתָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 6:3

• Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
• Psalms 31:9Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.
• Psalms 38:8I am faint and broken beyond measure; I roar by reason of the agitation of my heart.
• Psalms 42:5Why art thou cast down, my soul, and art disquieted in me? hope in God; for I shall yet praise him, [for] the health of his countenance.
• Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted.
• Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man sustaineth his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?
• Matthew 26:38Then he says to them, My soul is very sorrowful even unto death; remain here and watch with me.
• Psalms 13:1How long, Jehovah, wilt thou forget me for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me?
• Psalms 77:7Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
• Psalms 90:13Return, Jehovah: how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
• Luke 18:7And shall not God at all avenge his elect, who cry to him day and night, and he bears long as to them?

Commentaries on Psalms 6:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3How long? - How long shall I continue under this malady? How long will it be before thou speak peace to my troubled heart?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3My soul is also sore vexed - The word “soul” here is used in the sense in which it is commonly with us, as denoting the mind. The idea is, that his sorrows were not merely those of the bodily frame. They had a deeper seat than even the bones. His mind, his soul, was full of anguish also, in view of the circumstances which surrounded him, and which had brought on these bodily afflictions. But thou, O Lord - This is a broken sentence, as if he had commenced…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. 33. how long?--shall this be so (compare Psa 79:5). but--or, "and." thou--The sentence is incomplete as expressive of strong emotion.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 6:3

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Neginoth
• Rebuke
• Return
• Sake
• Sheminith
• Swim
• Music
• Psalms, Book of
• Vex, Vexation
• Vulgate

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