Psalms 6:3

Psalms 6:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long?
• New International Version (NIV)My soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord, how long?
• English Standard Version (ESV)My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O Lord—how long?
• New King James Version (NKJV)My soul also is greatly troubled; But You, O Lord—how long?

Context of Psalms 6:3

1Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger! Do not discipline me in your raging fury! 2Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am frail! Heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking! I am absolutely terrified, and you, Lord – how long will this continue? 4Relent, Lord, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness! 5For no one remembers you in the realm of death, In Sheol who gives you thanks?

Psalms 6:3 word by word

וְ֭נַפְשִׁי נִבְהֲלָ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד וְאַתָּ֥ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה עַד־מָתָֽי׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• My soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• is also soreמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• vexedבָּהַלbâhal · to dismayH926
• but thou, O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Psalms 6:3

• Psalms 22:14My strength drains away like water; all my bones are dislocated; my heart is like wax; it melts away inside me.
• Psalms 31:9Have mercy on me, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.
• Psalms 38:8I am numb with pain and severely battered; I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel.
• Psalms 42:5Why are you depressed, O my soul? Why are you upset? Wait for God! For I will again give thanks to my God for his saving intervention.
• Psalms 77:2In my time of trouble I sought the Lord. I kept my hand raised in prayer throughout the night. I refused to be comforted.
• Proverbs 18:14A person’s spirit sustains him through sickness – but who can bear a crushed spirit?
• Matthew 26:38Then he said to them, “My soul is deeply grieved, even to the point of death. Remain here and stay awake with me.”
• Psalms 13:1How long, Lord, will you continue to ignore me? How long will you pay no attention to me?
• Psalms 77:7I asked, “Will the Lord reject me forever? Will he never again show me his favor?
• Psalms 90:13Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!
• Luke 18:7Won’t God give justice to his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay long to help them?

Commentaries on Psalms 6:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3How long? - How long shall I continue under this malady? How long will it be before thou speak peace to my troubled heart?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3My soul is also sore vexed - The word “soul” here is used in the sense in which it is commonly with us, as denoting the mind. The idea is, that his sorrows were not merely those of the bodily frame. They had a deeper seat than even the bones. His mind, his soul, was full of anguish also, in view of the circumstances which surrounded him, and which had brought on these bodily afflictions. But thou, O Lord - This is a broken sentence, as if he had commenced…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. 33. how long?--shall this be so (compare Psa 79:5). but--or, "and." thou--The sentence is incomplete as expressive of strong emotion.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 6:3

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• Neginoth
• Rebuke
• Return
• Sake
• Sheminith
• Swim
• Music
• Psalms, Book of
• Vex, Vexation
• Vulgate

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