Tree of Life Version
Psalms 6:7
7I am worn out with my groaning. Every night I make my bed swim, drenching my pillow with my tears.
Psalms 6:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
- New International Version (NIV)My eyes grow weak with sorrow; they fail because of all my foes.
- English Standard Version (ESV)My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes.
- New King James Version (NKJV)My eye wastes away because of grief; It grows old because of all my enemies.
Context of Psalms 6:7
5Turn toward me, Adonai, deliver my soul! Save me—because of Your mercy. 6For there is no memory of You in death, in Sheol who will praise You? I am worn out with my groaning. Every night I make my bed swim, drenching my pillow with my tears. 8My eyes are weakened with grief— they age because of my enemies. 9Away from me, all you evildoers! For Adonai heard the sound of my weeping.
Read all of Psalms 6Psalms 6:7 word by word
עָֽשְׁשָׁ֣ה מִכַּ֣עַס עֵינִ֑י עָֽ֝תְקָ֗ה בְּכָל־צוֹרְרָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 6:7
- Psalms 31:9You did not hand me over to the enemy. You set my feet in a wide-open place.
- Psalms 38:10My Lord, all my longing is before You, and my sighing is not hidden from You.
- Psalms 88:9You have put my companions far from me. You have made me repulsive to them. I am shut in and I cannot go out.
- Job 17:7My eyes have grown dim with grief and all my limbs are like a shadow.
- Lamentations 5:17Because of this our heart is faint, for these things our eyes are dim,
- Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle through my groaning all day long.
Commentaries on Psalms 6:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Mine eye is consumed - עששה asheshah, is blasted, withered, sunk in my head.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Mine eye is consumed - The word here rendered “consumed” - עשׁשׁ ‛âshêsh - means properly to fall in, to fall away, and is applied here to the “eye” as pining or wasting away from care, anxiety, and sorrow. Tears were poured forth from the eye, and it seemed to be exhausting itself in this manner. The meaning is, that it had grown “dim,” or that its sight began to fail, like that of an old man, on account of his troubles. Many have understood the word…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7The psalmist feels deeply exhausted due to his spiritual distance from the Lord (Psalms 22:1; 31:9–10; 102:5). When eyes grow dim, it means the body is failing (see Psalms 13:3; 31:9; 38:10; Matthew 6:22).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. consumed--or, "has failed," denoting general debility (Psa 13:3; 38:10). waxeth old--or, "dim." grief--mingled with indignation.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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