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Psalms 6:3

My soul [as well as my body] is greatly dismayed. But as for You, O LORD—how long [until You act on my behalf]?

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Thompson Chain Reference - Afflictions;   Blessings-Afflictions;   Trial Prolonged;   Trials;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Neginoth;   Psalms, the Book of;   Sheminith;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Soul;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Heart;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Psalms;   Sin;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Musician;   Sheminith;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Psalms the book of;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Music;   Psalms, Book of;   Vex;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
my whole being is shaken with terror.And you, Lord—how long?
Hebrew Names Version
My soul is also in great anguish. But you, LORD -- how long?
King James Version
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord , how long?
English Standard Version
My soul also is greatly troubled. But you, O Lord —how long?
New Century Version
I am very upset. Lord , how long will it be?
New English Translation
I am absolutely terrified, and you, Lord —how long will this continue?
New American Standard Bible
And my soul is greatly horrified; But You, LORD—how long?
World English Bible
My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh -- how long?
Geneva Bible (1587)
My soule is also sore troubled: but Lorde how long wilt thou delay?
Legacy Standard Bible
And my soul is greatly dismayed;But You, O Yahweh—how long?
Berean Standard Bible
My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?
Contemporary English Version
and I am in deep distress. How long will it be?
Complete Jewish Bible
Be gracious to me, Adonai , because I am withering away; heal me, Adonai , because my bones are shaking;
Darby Translation
And my soul trembleth exceedingly: and thou, Jehovah, till how long?
Easy-to-Read Version
I am trembling all over. Lord , how long until you heal me?
George Lamsa Translation
My soul is also troubled exceedingly but thou, O LORD, how long?
Good News Translation
and my whole being is deeply troubled. How long, O Lord , will you wait to help me?
Lexham English Bible
My soul is also very terrified. But you, O Yahweh, how long?
Literal Translation
My soul also is greatly troubled and You, O Jehovah, until when?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
My soule also is in greate trouble, but LORDE how longe?
American Standard Version
My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long?
Bible in Basic English
My soul is in bitter trouble; and you, O Lord, how long?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.
King James Version (1611)
My soule is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
My soule also is greatly troubled: but O God howe long [shall I be in this case?]
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
My soul also is grievously vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long?
English Revised Version
My soul also is sore vexed: and thou, O LORD, how long?
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And my soule is troblid greetli; but thou, Lord, hou long?
Update Bible Version
My soul also is intensely troubled: And you, O Yahweh, how long?
Webster's Bible Translation
My soul is also greatly disquieted: but thou, O LORD, how long?
New King James Version
My soul also is greatly troubled; But You, O LORD--how long?
New Living Translation
I am sick at heart. How long, O Lord , until you restore me?
New Life Bible
My soul is in great suffering. But You, O Lord, how long?
New Revised Standard
My soul also is struck with terror, while you, O Lord —how long?
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yea, my soul, is dismayed greatly, Thou, then, O Yahweh - how long?
Douay-Rheims Bible
(6-4) And my soul is troubled exceedingly: but thou, O Lord, how long?
Revised Standard Version
My soul also is sorely troubled. But thou, O LORD--how long?
Young's Literal Translation
And my soul hath been troubled greatly, And Thou, O Jehovah, till when?
THE MESSAGE
class="psalm-title"> A David Psalm Please, God , no more yelling, no more trips to the woodshed. Treat me nice for a change; I'm so starved for affection. Can't you see I'm black-and-blue, beat up badly in bones and soul? God , how long will it take for you to let up?
New American Standard Bible (1995)
And my soul is greatly dismayed; But You, O Lord —how long?

Contextual Overview

1O LORD, do not rebuke or punish me in Your anger, Nor discipline me in Your wrath. 2Have mercy on me and be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am weak (faint, frail); Heal me, O LORD, for my bones are dismayed and anguished. 3My soul [as well as my body] is greatly dismayed. But as for You, O LORD—how long [until You act on my behalf]?4Return, O LORD, rescue my soul; Save me because of Your [unfailing] steadfast love and mercy. 5For in death there is no mention of You; In Sheol (the nether world, the place of the dead) who will praise You and give You thanks? 6I am weary with my groaning; Every night I soak my bed with tears, I drench my couch with my weeping. 7My eye grows dim with grief; It grows old because of all my enemies.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

My: Psalms 22:14, Psalms 31:9, Psalms 31:10, Psalms 38:8, Psalms 42:5, Psalms 42:11, Psalms 77:2, Psalms 77:3, Proverbs 18:14, Matthew 26:38

how: Psalms 13:1, Psalms 13:2, Psalms 77:7, Psalms 90:13, Luke 18:7

Reciprocal: Job 7:19 - How long Job 19:2 - vex Psalms 35:17 - how Psalms 51:8 - bones Psalms 55:4 - My Psalms 102:4 - heart Jeremiah 15:18 - my pain Romans 8:26 - with

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
Now it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,
Genesis 6:13
God said to Noah, "I intend to make an end of all that lives, for through men the land is filled with violence; and behold, I am about to destroy them together with the land.
Genesis 6:14
"Make yourself an ark of gopher wood; make in it rooms (stalls, pens, coops, nests, cages, compartments) and coat it inside and out with pitch (bitumen).
Genesis 6:15
"This is the way you are to make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits (450' x 75' x 45').
Genesis 6:16
"You shall make a window [for light and ventilation] for the ark, and finish it to at least a cubit (eighteen inches) from the top—and set the [entry] door of the ark in its side; and you shall make it with lower, second and third decks.
Genesis 6:18
"But I will establish My covenant (solemn promise, formal agreement) with you; and you shall come into the ark—you and your [three] sons and your wife, and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 6:20
"Of fowls and birds according to their kind, of animals according to their kind, of every crawling thing of the ground according to its kind—two of every kind shall come to you to keep them alive.
Numbers 11:17
"Then I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take away some of the Spirit who is upon you, and will put Him upon them; and they shall bear the burden of the people with you, so that you will not have to bear it all alone.
Nehemiah 9:30
"Yet You were patient with them for many years, And admonished them and warned them by Your Spirit through Your prophets; Still they would not listen. Therefore You gave them into the hand (power) of the peoples of the lands.
Psalms 78:39
For He [graciously] remembered that they were mere [human] flesh, A wind that goes and does not return.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

My soul is also sore vexed,.... Or "exceedingly troubled" c, and even frightened and thrown into a consternation with indwelling sin, and on account of actual transgressions, and by reason of the hidings of God's face, and through the temptations of Satan, and because of the fear of death; to which Old Testament saints were very incident.

But thou, O Lord, how long? it is an abrupt expression, the whole he designed is not spoken, being hindered through the grief and sorrow with which his heart was overwhelmed; and is to be supplied after this manner,

"shall I have refreshment?''

as the Chaldee paraphrase; or,

"wilt thou look and not heal me?''

as Jarchi; or

"my soul be troubled?''

as Aben Ezra; or

"shall I be afflicted, and thou wilt not heal me?''

as Kimchi; or

"wilt thou afflict me, and not arise to my help?''

see Psalms 13:1.

c נבהלה מאד "turbata est valde", V. L. "conturbata", Junius Tremellius, Piscator "territa valde": Pagninus, Montanus; "consternata valde", Cocceius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My 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 an address to God, but did not complete it. It is as if he had said, “Here I suffer and languish; my sorrows are deep and unmitigated; as for thee, O Lord” - as if he were about to say that he had hoped God would interpose; or, that his dealings were mysterious; or, that they seemed strange or severe; but he ends the sentence by no language of complaint or complaining, but by simply asking “how long” these sorrows were to continue.

How long? - That is, how long wilt thou leave me thus to suffer? How long shall my unmitigated anguish continue? How long will it be ere thou wilt interpose to relieve me? The language implies that in his apprehension it was already a long time - as time usually seems long to a sufferer (compare Job 7:2-4), and that he was constantly looking out for God to interpose and help him. This is language such as all persons may be inclined to use on beds of pain and languishing. It seems indeed long to them now; it will, however, seem short when they look back upon it from the glories of the heavenly world. Compare 2 Corinthians 4:17-18.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 6:3. How long? — How long shall I continue under this malady? How long will it be before thou speak peace to my troubled heart?


 
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