Psalms 6:6
4 Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.
5 For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol?
I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
7 My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.
- KJV
- I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
- WEB
- I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears.
- ASV
- I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
- DARBY
- I am wearied with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I dissolve my couch with my tears.
- BLB
- I have grown weary in my sighing; I cause my bed to swim through all the night; with my tears I melt my couch.
- ÅB
- Jeg er trett av å sukke,
jeg gjennombløter sengen min hver natt;
med tårene mine væter jeg leiet mitt. - OTB
- Jeg er utmattet av min stønning;
Hver natt væter jeg min seng,
Jeg gjennomvåter min sofa med mine tårer. - B1930
- Jeg er trett av mine sukk, jeg gjennembløter min seng hver natt; med mine tårer væter jeg mitt leie.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 69:3
I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
Read in contextPsalms 42:3
My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”
Read in contextPsalms 38:9
O Lord, my every desire is before You; my groaning is not hidden from You.
Read in contextPsalms 77:2–9
In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
Read in contextJob 7:3
So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.
Read in contextLamentations 1:2
She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
Read in contextPsalms 102:3–5
For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
Read in contextJob 23:2
“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
Read in context