New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 6:4
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
2Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am frail; Heal me, Lord, for my bones are horrified. 3And my soul is greatly horrified; But You, Lord--how long? Return, Lord, rescue my soul; Save me because of Your mercy. 5For there is no mention of You in death; In Sheol, who will praise You? 6I am weary with my sighing; Every night I make my bed swim, I flood my couch with my tears.
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שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה חַלְּצָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י ה֝וֹשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן חַסְדֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 6:4
- Psalms 80:14God of armies, do turn back; Look down from heaven and see, and take care of this vine,
- Psalms 90:13Do return, Lord; how long will it be? And be sorry for Your servants.
- Malachi 3:7“From the days of your fathers you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of armies. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’
- Psalms 17:13Arise, Lord, confront him, make him bow down; Save my soul from the wicked with Your sword,
- Psalms 22:20Save my soul from the sword, My only life from the power of the dog.
- Psalms 86:13For Your graciousness toward me is great, And You have saved my soul from the depths of Sheol.
- Psalms 116:4Then I called upon the name of the Lord: “Please, Lord, save my life!”
- Psalms 120:2Rescue my soul, Lord, from lying lips, From a deceitful tongue.
- Psalms 121:7The Lord will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul.
- Isaiah 38:17Behold, for my own welfare I had great bitterness; But You have kept my soul from the pit of nothingness, For You have hurled all my sins behind Your back.
- Psalms 25:7Do not remember the sins of my youth or my wrongdoings; Remember me according to Your faithfulness, For Your goodness’ sake, Lord.
- Psalms 69:13But as for me, my prayer is to You, Lord, at an acceptable time; God, in the greatness of Your mercy, Answer me with Your saving truth.
- Psalms 79:8Do not hold us responsible for the guilty deeds of our forefathers; Let Your compassion come quickly to meet us, For we have become very low.
- Daniel 9:18My God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our pleas before You based on any merits of our own, but based on Your great compassion.
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of His grace, with which He favored us in the Beloved.
- Ephesians 2:7so that in the ages to come He might show the boundless riches of His grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus.
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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