Psalms 6:2

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 rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your wrath. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am pining away; Heal me, O Lord, for my bones are dismayed. 3And my soul is greatly dismayed; But You, O Lord--how long? 4Return, O Lord, rescue my soul; Save me because of Your lovingkindness.

Psalms 6:2 word by word

חָנֵּ֥נִי יְהוָה֮ כִּ֤י אֻמְלַ֫ל אָ֥נִי רְפָאֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֖י נִבְהֲל֣וּ עֲצָמָֽי׃Read the interlinear

• Be graciousחָנַןchânan · be graciousH2603
• to me, O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• piningאֻמְלַל'ûmlal · weakH536
• Healרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495
• my bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• are dismayedבָּהַלbâhal · to dismayH926

Cross-references for Psalms 6:2

• Psalms 38:7For my loins are filled with burning, And there is no soundness in my flesh.
• Psalms 41:3The Lord will sustain him upon his sickbed; In his illness, You restore him to health.
• Psalms 103:13Just as a father has compassion on his children, So the Lord has compassion on those who fear Him.
• Psalms 30:2O Lord my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.
• Genesis 20:17Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, so that they bore children.
• Exodus 15:26And He said, “If you will give earnest heed to the voice of the Lord your God, and do what is right in His sight, and give ear to His commandments, and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have put on the Egyptians; for I, the Lord, am your healer.”
• Numbers 12:13Moses cried out to the Lord, saying, “O God, heal her, I pray!”
• Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, I am He, And there is no god besides Me; It is I who put to death and give life. I have wounded and it is I who heal, And there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
• Job 5:18For He inflicts pain, and gives relief; He wounds, and His hands also heal.
• Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; Save me and I will be saved, For You are my praise.
• Hosea 6:1“Come, let us return to the Lord. For He has torn us, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage us.
• Matthew 4:24The news about Him spread throughout all Syria; and they brought to Him all who were ill, those suffering with various diseases and pains, demoniacs, epileptics, paralytics; and He healed them.
• Psalms 32:3When I kept silent about my sin, my body wasted away Through my groaning all day long.
• Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my flesh because of Your indignation; There is no health in my bones because of my sin.
• Psalms 51:8Make me to hear joy and gladness, Let the bones which You have broken rejoice.
• Job 19:21Pity me, pity me, O you my friends, For the hand of God has struck me.

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

Topics related to Psalms 6:2

• Afflictions and Adversities

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• Neginoth
• Rebuke
• Return
• Sake
• Sheminith
• Swim
• Bone; Bones
• Heal
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• Psalms, Book of

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