God’s Word Translation
Psalms 6:2
2Have pity on me, O Lord, because I am weak. Heal me, O Lord, because my bones shake with terror.
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 punish me in your anger or discipline me in your rage. Have pity on me, O Lord, because I am weak. Heal me, O Lord, because my bones shake with terror. 3My soul has been deeply shaken with terror. But you, O Lord, how long … ? 4Come back, O Lord. Rescue me. Save me because of your 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 38:7My insides are filled with burning pain, and no healthy spot is left on my body.
- Psalms 41:3The Lord will support him on his sickbed. You will restore this person to health when he is ill.
- Psalms 103:13As a father has compassion for his children, so the Lord has compassion for those who fear him.
- Psalms 30:2O Lord my God, I cried out to you for help, and you healed me.
- Genesis 20:17Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech, his wife, and his female slaves so that they could have children.
- Exodus 15:26He said, “If you will listen carefully to the Lord your God and do what he considers right, if you pay attention to his commands and obey all his laws, I will never make you suffer any of the diseases I made the Egyptians suffer, because I am the Lord, who heals you.”
- Numbers 12:13So Moses cried to the Lord, “Please, God, heal her!”
- Deuteronomy 32:39See, I am the only God. There are no others. I kill, and I make alive. I wound, and I heal, and no one can rescue you from my power.
- Job 5:18God injures, but he bandages. He beats you up, but his hands make you well.
- Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed. Rescue me, and I will be rescued. You are the one I praise.
- Hosea 6:1Let’s return to the Lord. Even though he has torn us to pieces, he will heal us. Even though he has wounded us, he will bandage our wounds.
- Matthew 4:24The news about Jesus spread throughout Syria. People brought him everyone who was sick, those who suffered from any kind of disease or pain. They also brought epileptics, those who were paralyzed, and people possessed by demons, and he cured them all.
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent ⌞about my sins⌟, my bones began to weaken because of my groaning all day long.
- Psalms 38:3No healthy spot is left on my body because of your rage. There is no peace in my bones because of my sin.
- Psalms 51:8Let me hear ⌞sounds of⌟ joy and gladness. Let the bones that you have broken dance.
- Job 19:21“Have pity on me, my friends! Have pity on me because God’s hand has struck me down.
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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