Psalms 6:3 KJV
My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
Thou and Ye
- thou one person
In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?
Matthew Henry
- The psalmist deprecates God's wrath, and begs for the return of his favourThese verses speak the language of a heart truly humbled, of a broken and contrite spirit under great afflictions, sent to awaken conscience and mortify...
Thompson Chains
- Divine DelaysSee the chain from Psalms 13:1 · 7 links
- Trial ProlongedStarts here · next Psalms 13:1 · 8 links
Cross References
- Psalms 90:13 Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
- John 12:27 Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
- Psalms 13:1–2 <To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.> How long wilt thou forget me, O LORD? for ever? how long wilt thou hide thy face from me? …
- Psalms 22:14 I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
- Psalms 31:9–10 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. …
- Psalms 38:8 I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
- Psalms 42:5 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him for the help of his countenance.
- Psalms 42:11 Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted within me? hope thou in God: for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance, and my God.
- Psalms 77:2–3 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted. …
- Psalms 77:7 Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more?
- Proverbs 18:14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a wounded spirit who can bear?
- Matthew 26:38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
- Luke 18:7 And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
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Topics
- Afflictions and adversities Prayer in
- David Repents of his crime and confesses his guilt
- Harp The symbol used in the psalmody to indicate when the harp was to be introduced in the music was “Neginoth.” See titles of Harp
- Psalms Penitential
Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Hebrew and Strong’s
- My soul וְנַפְשִׁי wĕnapšî נֶפֶשׁ Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with and, suffix: first person common singular
- is also sore מְאֹד mĕʾōd מְאֹד Adverb
- vexed נִבְהֲלָה nibhălâ בָּהַל Verb · niphal perfect, third person feminine singular
- but thou, O LORD וְאַתָּה wĕʾattâ Pronoun · second person masculine singular · with and יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name עַד ʿad Preposition מָתָי mātāy Interrogative
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0
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