Revised Webster's Bible
Psalms 6:2
2Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are troubled.
Psalms 6:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
- New International Version (NIV)Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am weak; O Lord, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
Context of Psalms 6:2
1O LORD, rebuke me not in thy anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are troubled. 3My soul is also greatly troubled: but thou, O LORD, how long? 4Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: O save me for thy mercies’ sake.
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חָנֵּ֥נִי יְהוָה֮ כִּ֤י אֻמְלַ֫ל אָ֥נִי רְפָאֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֑ה כִּ֖י נִבְהֲל֣וּ עֲצָמָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 6:2
- Psalms 38:7For my loins are filled with a loathsome disease : and there is no soundness in my flesh.
- Psalms 41:3The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
- Psalms 103:13Like as a father pitieth his children, so the LORD pitieth them that fear him.
- Psalms 30:2O LORD my God, I cried to thee, and thou hast healed me.
- Genesis 20:17So Abraham prayed to God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bore children .
- Exodus 15:26And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the LORD that healeth thee.
- Numbers 12:13And Moses cried to the LORD, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.
- Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
- Job 5:18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
- Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.
- Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
- Matthew 4:24And his fame spread throughout all Syria: and they brought to him all sick people that were sick with various diseases and torments, and those who were possessed with demons, and those who were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silence, my bones became old through my roaring all the day long.
- Psalms 38:3There is no soundness in my flesh because of thy anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.
- Psalms 51:8Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.
- Job 19:21Have pity upon me, have pity upon me, O ye my friends; for the hand of God hath touched me.
Commentaries on Psalms 6:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Have mercy - I have no merit. I deserve all I feel and all I fear. O Lord, heal me - No earthly physician can cure my malady. Body and soul are both diseased, and only God can help me. I am weak - אמלל umlal . I am exceedingly weak; I cannot take nourishment, and my strength is exhausted. My bones are vexed - The disease hath entered into my bones.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Have mercy upon me, O Lord - That is, be gracious to me; or, show me compassion. This language may be used either in view of sin, of suffering, or of danger. It is a cry to God to interpose, and remove some present source of trouble, and may be employed by one who feels that he is a sinner, or by one on a bed of pain, or by one surrounded by enemies, or by one at the point of death, or by one who is looking out with apprehension upon the eternal world. It…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. 22. I am weak--as a culled plant (Is 24:4). my bones--the very frame. are vexed--(Psa 2:5)--shaken with fear.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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