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Psalms 6:4
4Lord, turn back to me. Give me back my life. Make me safe because of your faithful love.
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
2I do not feel strong, Lord, so please be kind to me. Lord, please make me well again. Even my bones are shaking. 3I am very frightened. Lord, when will you do something to help me? Lord, turn back to me. Give me back my life. Make me safe because of your faithful love. 5If I die, I will no longer remember you. Nobody can praise you in their grave! 6I am crying so much that I have no more strength. My bed becomes wet because I weep all night. My tears run into my pillow.
Read all of Psalms 6Psalms 6:4 word by word
שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה חַלְּצָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י ה֝וֹשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן חַסְדֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 6:4
- Psalms 80:14Come back to us, God Almighty! Look down from heaven and see what is happening! Take care of your special vine.
- Psalms 90:13Lord, return to help us! How long will you be angry with us? Please be kind to us, your servants!
- Malachi 3:7I have told you my commands. But you do not listen to me any longer. You have not obeyed me, even since the time of your ancestors. Now, return to me! Then I will return to bless you.’ That is what the Lord Almighty says. ‘But you ask, “How do we return to you?”
- Psalms 17:13Lord, please do something! Fight against them! Knock them down! Take your sword and save me from those wicked men.
- Psalms 22:20Keep me safe! My enemies want to kill me with their swords. Save my life from those wild dogs!
- Psalms 86:13I know that you love me very much with your faithful love. You will continue to keep my life safe, so that I do not go down into the deep hole of death.
- Psalms 116:4Then I called out to the Lord. I said, ‘Lord, please save my life!’
- Psalms 120:2I prayed, ‘Lord, keep me safe from people who tell lies. Save me from people who want to deceive me.’
- Psalms 121:7The Lord is the one who takes care of you in all danger. He keeps your life safe.
- Isaiah 38:17Yes, it was good for me to have this trouble. You rescued me from the deep hole of death. You removed my sins, and you put them behind your back.
- Psalms 25:7Do not punish me for the sins that I did long ago. When I was young, I turned against you. Please be kind to me, because of your faithful love!
- Psalms 69:13But as for me, Lord, I continue to pray to you. Please answer me at the right time. Be kind to me, God, because of your faithful love. Save me, as you have promised to do.
- Psalms 79:8Our ancestors did bad things, but do not say that we are guilty because of that. Be kind and send help to us quickly. We are in a lot of trouble!
- Daniel 9:18Listen to us, my God. Our towns have become heaps of stones. See what has happened to the city that belongs to you. We do not ask you to do this because we are righteous people. We ask you because you are very kind.
- Ephesians 1:6As a result, we praise him, because he is great and he has been so kind to us. He has given us so much because of his Son, whom he loves very much.
- Ephesians 2:7He wanted to show, for all future time, how very kind he is. He has helped us so much because of what Christ Jesus has done.
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
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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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