Psalms 6:7

Psalms 6:7 in other versions

• New International Version (NIV)My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.
• English Standard Version (ESV)My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes.
• New King James Version (NKJV)My eye wastes away because of grief; It grows old because of all my enemies.
• New Living Translation (NLT)My vision is blurred by grief; my eyes are worn out because of all my enemies.

Context of Psalms 6:7

5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? 6I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. 8Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9The Lord hath heard my supplication; the Lord will receive my prayer.

Psalms 6:7 word by word

עָֽשְׁשָׁ֣ה מִכַּ֣עַס עֵינִ֑י עָֽ֝תְקָ֗ה בְּכָל־צוֹרְרָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Mine eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• is consumedעָשֵׁשׁ‛âshêsh · to wasteH6244
• because of griefכַּ֫עַסka‛as ka‛aώ · vexationH3708
• it waxeth oldעָתַק‛âthaq · to proceedH6275
• because of all mine enemiesצָרַרtsârar · to vexH6887

Cross-references for Psalms 6:7

• Psalms 31:9Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
• Psalms 38:10My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
• Psalms 88:9Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
• Job 17:7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
• Lamentations 5:17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.
• Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

Commentaries on Psalms 6:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Mine eye is consumed - עששה asheshah, is blasted, withered, sunk in my head.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Mine eye is consumed - The word here rendered “consumed” - עשׁשׁ ‛âshêsh - means properly to fall in, to fall away, and is applied here to the “eye” as pining or wasting away from care, anxiety, and sorrow. Tears were poured forth from the eye, and it seemed to be exhausting itself in this manner. The meaning is, that it had grown “dim,” or that its sight began to fail, like that of an old man, on account of his troubles. Many have understood the word…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7The psalmist feels deeply exhausted due to his spiritual distance from the Lord (Psalms 22:1; 31:9–10; 102:5). When eyes grow dim, it means the body is failing (see Psalms 13:3; 31:9; 38:10; Matthew 6:22).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. consumed--or, "has failed," denoting general debility (Psa 13:3; 38:10). waxeth old--or, "dim." grief--mingled with indignation.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 6:7

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Neginoth
• Rebuke
• Return
• Sake
• Sheminith
• Swim
• Consume
• Enemy
• Eye
• Grief; Grieve

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