Psalms 6:6

Psalms 6:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
• New International Version (NIV)I am worn out from my groaning. All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
• English Standard Version (ESV)I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I am weary with my groaning; All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears.

Context of Psalms 6:6

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? I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me. 7My eyes grow dim from suffering; they grow weak because of all my enemies. 8Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping!

Psalms 6:6 word by word

יָגַ֤עְתִּי׀ בְּֽאַנְחָתִ֗י אַשְׂחֶ֣ה בְכָל־לַ֭יְלָה מִטָּתִ֑י בְּ֝דִמְעָתִ֗י עַרְשִׂ֥י אַמְסֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I am wearyיָגֵעַyâga‛ · be weary/toilH3021
• with my groaningאֲנָחָה'ănâchâh · sighingH585
• all the nightלַ֫יְלָהlayil lêyl layelâh · nightH3915
• make I my bedמִטָּהmiţţâh · bedH4296
• to swimשָׂחָהώâchâh · to swimH7811
• I waterמָסָהmâsâh · to liquefyH4529
• my couchעֶ֫רֶשׂ‛ereώ · bedH6210
• with my tearsדִּמְעָהdim‛âh · tearsH1832

Cross-references for Psalms 6:6

• Psalms 38:9O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire; my groaning is not hidden from you.
• Psalms 69:3I am exhausted from shouting for help; my throat is sore; my eyes grow tired of looking for my God.
• 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.
• Psalms 88:9My eyes grow weak because of oppression. I call out to you, O Lord, all day long; I spread out my hands in prayer to you.
• Psalms 102:3For my days go up in smoke, and my bones are charred like a fireplace.
• Psalms 143:4My strength leaves me; I am absolutely shocked.
• Job 7:3thus I have been made to inherit months of futility, and nights of sorrow have been appointed to me.
• Job 10:1“I am weary of my life; I will complain without restraint; I will speak in the bitterness of my soul.
• Job 23:2“Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.
• Psalms 39:12Hear my prayer, O Lord! Listen to my cry for help! Do not ignore my sobbing! For I am dependent on you, like one residing outside his native land; I am at your mercy, just as all my ancestors were.
• Psalms 42:3I cannot eat, I weep day and night; all day long they say to me, “Where is your God?”
• Job 16:20My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;
• Jeremiah 14:17“Tell these people this, Jeremiah: ‘My eyes overflow with tears day and night without ceasing. For my people, my dear children, have suffered a crushing blow. They have suffered a serious wound.
• Lamentations 1:2She weeps bitterly at night; tears stream down her cheeks. She has no one to comfort her among all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies. ג (Gimel)
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes are worn out from weeping; my stomach is in knots. My heart is poured out on the ground due to the destruction of my helpless people; children and infants faint in the town squares. ל (Lamed)
• Lamentations 3:48Streams of tears flow from my eyes because my people are destroyed. ע (Ayin)

Commentaries on Psalms 6:6

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6I am weary with my groaning - I am exhausted or worn out with it. That is, his sorrows were so deep, and his groaning was so constant, that his strength failed. He became “faint” under the weight of his sorrows. All persons in trouble have experienced this effect - the sense of weariness or exhaustion from sorrow. All the night make I my bed to swim - That is, he wept so much that his bed seemed to be immersed in tears. This is, of course, hyperbolical…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. 66. By a strong figure the abundance as well as intensity of grief is depicted.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 6:6

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Tears

In the dictionaries

• Bed
• Couch
• Neginoth
• Rebuke
• Return
• Sake
• Sheminith
• Swim
• Burial
• Faint

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