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?
• 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?
• New Living Translation (NLT)I am sick at heart. How long, O Lord, until you restore me?

Context of Psalms 6:3

1Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. 2Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. My soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord, how long? 4Turn, Lord, and deliver me; save me because of your unfailing love. 5Among the dead no one proclaims your name. Who praises you from the grave?

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 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart has turned to wax; it has melted within me.
• Psalms 31:9Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief.
• Psalms 38:8I am feeble and utterly crushed; I groan in anguish of heart.
• Psalms 42:5Why, my soul, are you downcast? Why so disturbed within me? Put your hope in God, for I will yet praise him, my Savior and my God.
• Psalms 77:2When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted.
• Proverbs 18:14The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
• Matthew 26:38Then he said to them, “My soul is overwhelmed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”
• Psalms 13:1How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?
• Psalms 77:7“Will the Lord reject forever? Will he never show his favor again?
• Psalms 90:13Relent, Lord! How long will it be? Have compassion on your servants.
• Luke 18:7And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

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
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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