New English Translation
Psalms 6:4
4Relent, Lord, rescue me! Deliver me because of your faithfulness!
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
2Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am frail! Heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking! 3I am absolutely terrified, and you, Lord – how long will this continue? Relent, 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? 6I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me.
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שׁוּבָ֣ה יְ֭הוָה חַלְּצָ֣ה נַפְשִׁ֑י ה֝וֹשִׁיעֵ֗נִי לְמַ֣עַן חַסְדֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 6:4
- Psalms 80:14O God, invincible warrior, come back! Look down from heaven and take notice! Take care of this vine,
- Psalms 90:13Turn back toward us, O Lord! How long must this suffering last? Have pity on your servants!
- Malachi 3:7From the days of your ancestors you have ignored my commandments and have not kept them! Return to me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord who rules over all. “But you say, ‘How should we return?’
- Psalms 17:13Rise up, Lord! Confront him! Knock him down! Use your sword to rescue me from the wicked man!
- Psalms 22:20Deliver me from the sword! Save my life from the claws of the wild dogs!
- Psalms 86:13For you will extend your great loyal love to me, and will deliver my life from the depths of Sheol.
- Psalms 116:4I called on the name of the Lord, “Please Lord, rescue my life!”
- Psalms 120:2I said, “O Lord, rescue me from those who lie with their lips and those who deceive with their tongue.
- Psalms 121:7The Lord will protect you from all harm; he will protect your life.
- Isaiah 38:17“Look, the grief I experienced was for my benefit. You delivered me from the pit of oblivion. For you removed all my sins from your sight.
- Psalms 25:7Do not hold against me the sins of my youth or my rebellious acts! Because you are faithful to me, extend to me your favor, O Lord!
- Psalms 69:13O Lord, may you hear my prayer and be favorably disposed to me! O God, because of your great loyal love, answer me with your faithful deliverance!
- Psalms 79:8Do not hold us accountable for the sins of earlier generations! Quickly send your compassion our way, for we are in serious trouble!
- Daniel 9:18Listen attentively, my God, and hear! Open your eyes and look on our desolated ruins and the city called by your name. For it is not because of our own righteous deeds that we are praying to you, but because your compassion is abundant.
- Ephesians 1:6to the praise of the glory of his grace that he has freely bestowed on us in his dearly loved Son.
- Ephesians 2:7to demonstrate in the coming ages the surpassing wealth 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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