Psalms 6 · Verse 2

Psalms 6:2

Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.
Psalms 6:2, King James Version

Psalms 6:2 in other translations

BSBBe merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
WEBHave mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint. LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
ASVHave mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled.
YLTFavour me, O Jehovah, for I am weak, Heal me, O Jehovah, For troubled have been my bones,
DARBYBe gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am withered; Jehovah, heal me, for my bones tremble.
BBEHave mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.
WebsterHave mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are agitated.

What does Psalms 6:2 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
2. I am weak--as a culled plant (Is 24:4). my bones--the very frame. are vexed--(Psa 2:5)--shaken with fear.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 2 Have mercy - I have no merit. I deserve all I feel and all I fear. O Lord, heal me - No earthly physician can cure my malady. Body and soul are both diseased, and only God can help me. I am weak - אמלל umlal. I am exceedingly weak; I cannot take nourishment, and my strength is exhausted. My bones are vexed - The disease hath entered into my bones.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 6:1-7

These verses speak the language of a heart truly humbled, of a broken and contrite spirit under great afflictions, sent to awaken conscience and mortify corruption. Sickness brought sin to his remembrance, and he looked upon it as a token of God's displeasure against him. The affliction of his body will be tolerable, if he has comfort in his soul. Christ's sorest complaint, in his sufferings, was of the trouble of…

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Psalms 6:2 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חָנֵּ֥נִיcho.ne.nishow favor to meH2603
יְהוָה֮Yah.wehO YahwehH3068
כִּ֤יkiforH3588
אֻמְלַ֫ל'um.Lal[am] frailH536
אָ֥נִי'A.niIH589
רְפָאֵ֥נִיre.fa.'E.niheal meH7495
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
כִּ֖יkiforH3588
נִבְהֲל֣וּniv.ha.Luthey are disturbedH926
עֲצָמָֽי\׃'a.tza.Maibones myH6106

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 6:2

  • Hosea 6:1

    Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

  • Psalms 30:2

    O Lord my God, I cried unto thee, and thou hast healed me.

  • Psalms 31:10

    For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

  • Jeremiah 17:14

    Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

  • Deuteronomy 32:39

    See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

  • Psalms 41:3-4

    The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness. I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

  • Psalms 51:8

    Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

  • Psalms 38:3

    There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine anger; neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sin.

  • Numbers 12:13

    And Moses cried unto the Lord, saying, Heal her now, O God, I beseech thee.

  • Job 33:19-21

    He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out.

  • Psalms 32:3

    When I kept silence, my bones waxed old through my roaring all the day long.

  • Genesis 20:17

    So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
for I.
38:7; 41:3; 103:13-17
O Lord, heal.
30:2; Ge 20:17; Ex 15:26; Nu 12:13; De 32:39; Job 5:18; Jer 17:14
Ho 6:1; Mt 4:24
my.
32:3; 38:3; 51:8; Job 19:21; 33:19-21

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Context

  • Psalms 6:1

    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.

  • Psalms 6:2

    Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak: O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

  • Psalms 6:3

    My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O Lord, how long?

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Psalms 6:2 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ten misericordia de mí, oh Jehová, porque yo estoy debilitado: sáname, oh Jehová, porque mis huesos están conmovidos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Éternel! ne me reprends pas dans ta colère, et ne me châtie pas dans ta fureur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sei mir gnädig, Jehova! denn ich bin dahingewelkt; heile mich, Jehova! denn meine Gebeine sind bestürzt.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Domine, ne in furore tuo arguas me, neque in ira tua corripias me.