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

1O Lord, don’t rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your rage. 2Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak. Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony. I am sick at heart. How long, O Lord, until you restore me? 4Return, O Lord, and rescue me. Save me because of your unfailing love. 5For the dead do not remember you. Who can praise 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 22:14My life is poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint. My heart is like wax, melting within me.
• Psalms 31:9Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am in distress. Tears blur my eyes. My body and soul are withering away.
• Psalms 38:8I am exhausted and completely crushed. My groans come from an anguished heart.
• Psalms 42:5Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and
• Psalms 77:2When I was in deep trouble, I searched for the Lord. All night long I prayed, with hands lifted toward heaven, but my soul was not comforted.
• Proverbs 18:14The human spirit can endure a sick body, but who can bear a crushed spirit?
• Matthew 26:38He told them, “My soul is crushed with grief to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with me.”
• Psalms 13:1O Lord, how long will you forget me? Forever? How long will you look the other way?
• Psalms 77:7Has the Lord rejected me forever? Will he never again be kind to me?
• Psalms 90:13O Lord, come back to us! How long will you delay? Take pity on your servants!
• Luke 18:7Even he rendered a just decision in the end. So don’t you think God will surely give justice to his chosen people 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
• 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