New King James Version
Psalms 6:3
3My soul also is greatly troubled; But You, O Lord—how long?
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 Living Translation (NLT)I am sick at heart. How long, O Lord, until you restore me?
Context of Psalms 6:3
1O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten me in Your hot displeasure. 2Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled. My soul also is greatly troubled; But You, O Lord—how long? 4Return, O Lord, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies’ sake! 5For in death there is no remembrance of You; In the grave who will give You thanks?
Read all of Psalms 6Psalms 6:3 word by word
וְ֭נַפְשִׁי נִבְהֲלָ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד וְאַתָּ֥ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה עַד־מָתָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 6:3
- Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, And all My bones are out of joint; My heart is like wax; It has melted within Me.
- Psalms 31:9Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; My eye wastes away with grief, Yes, my soul and my body!
- Psalms 38:8I am feeble and severely broken; I groan because of the turmoil of my heart.
- Psalms 42:5Why are you cast down, O my soul? And why are you disquieted within me? Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him For the help of His countenance.
- Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord; My hand was stretched out in the night without ceasing; My soul refused to be comforted.
- Proverbs 18:14The spirit of a man will sustain him in sickness, But who can bear a broken spirit?
- Matthew 26:38Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.”
- Psalms 13:1How long, O Lord? Will You forget me forever? How long will You hide Your face from me?
- Psalms 77:7Will the Lord cast off forever? And will He be favorable no more?
- Psalms 90:13Return, O Lord! How long? And have compassion on Your servants.
- Luke 18:7And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with 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
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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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