Revised Webster's Bible
Psalms 6:8
8Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.
Psalms 6:8 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping.
- New International Version (NIV)Away from me, all you who do evil, for the Lord has heard my weeping.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Depart from me, all you workers of evil, for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; For the Lord has heard the voice of my weeping.
Context of Psalms 6:8
6I am weary with my groaning; all the night I make my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. 7My eye is consumed because of grief; it groweth old because of all my enemies. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. 9The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer. 10Let all my enemies be ashamed and greatly troubled: let them return and be suddenly ashamed.
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ס֣וּרוּ מִ֭מֶּנִּי כָּל־פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן כִּֽי־שָׁמַ֥ע יְ֝הוָ֗ה ק֣וֹל בִּכְיִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 6:8
- Psalms 119:115Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
- Psalms 139:19Surely thou wilt slay the wicked, O God: depart from me therefore, ye bloody men.
- Matthew 7:23And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
- Matthew 25:41Then shall he say also to them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
- Luke 13:27But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not where ye are from; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.
- Psalms 3:4I cried to the LORD with my voice, and he heard me from his holy hill. Selah.
- Psalms 56:8Thou numberest my wanderings: put thou my tears into thy bottle: are they not in thy book?
- Psalms 116:8For thou hast delivered my soul from death, my eyes from tears, and my feet from falling.
- Psalms 145:18The LORD is near to all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.
- Isaiah 30:19For the people shall dwell in Zion at Jerusalem: thou shalt weep no more: he will be very gracious to thee at the voice of thy cry; when he shall hear it, he will answer thee.
- Isaiah 38:3And said, Remember now, O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight. And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- Hebrews 5:7Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears to him that was able to save him from death, and was heard in that he feared;
Commentaries on Psalms 6:8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity - It seems that while he was suffering grievously through the disease, his enemies had insulted and mocked him; - upbraided him with his transgressions, not to increase his penitence, but to cast him into despair. The Lord hath heard the voice of my weeping - The Lord pitifully beheld the sorrows of his heart, and mercifully forgave his sins.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity - Referring, by the “workers of iniquity,” to his enemies, as if they now surrounded him, and calling on them “now” to leave him, since God had heard his prayer, and they could not be successful in their purposes. This is an indirect but most emphatic way of saying that God had heard his prayer; and the sentiment in this verse is strongly in contrast with the desponding state of feeling - the deep and dreadful…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-10Verses 8-10 What a sudden change is here! Having made his request known to God, the psalmist is confident that his sorrow will be turned into joy. By the workings of God's grace upon his heart, he knew his prayer was accepted, and did not doubt but it would, in due time, be answered. His prayers will be accepted, coming up out of the hands of Christ the Mediator. The word signifies prayer made to God, the righteous Judge, as the God of his righteousness…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-10In a closing note of triumph, the psalmist reasserts his confidence in the Lord.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 8-98-9. Assured of God's hearing, he suddenly defies his enemies by an address indicating that he no longer fears them.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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