Psalms 6:3 · KJV
“My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?”
— Psalms 6:3
Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I {am} weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
Psalms 6 — Context
[To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David.] O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. {chief...: or, overseer} {Sheminith: or, the eighth}
2Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I {am} weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
3My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?
4Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.
5For in death {there is} no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?
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 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. {sore: Heb. hand}
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? {chief...: or, overseer}
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.
Luke 18:7
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them?
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. {cast: Heb. bowed} {praise: or, give thanks} {for the...: or, his presence is salvation}
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. {out of...: or, sundered}