Psalm 6:4

Translations

Modern

Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.

Traditional

Return, O Lord, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.

Literal

Return, O YHWH, draw out my soul; save me for the sake of Your loving devotion.

Latin

Convertere, Domine, et eripe animam meam; salvum me fac propter misericordiam tuam.

Original

Hebrew

English

Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.

Notes

Psalms 6:4–5

The experience was so painful that the psalmist might as well have been dead, or perhaps he feared for his life.

Psalms 6:1–10

The occasion for this lament might have been sickness or a mental or spiritual depression from which the psalmist sought healing.

Psalms 3:1–7:17

This group of psalms moves from an orderly world to a troubled one. Psalms 1–2 describe stability. The righteous person is blessed, and the Lord’s anointed king rules with authority.

In the psalms that follow, the tone changes. The Lord’s anointed cries out for help. He faces enemies, strong opposition, and evil plans.

It even seems at times that the Lord is far away. The psalmist feels confusion and distress instead of confidence and calm.

Theme notes and profiles

David Salvation in the Psalms

Related verses

Daniel 9:18
Incline Your ear, O my God, and hear; open Your eyes and see the desolation of the city that bears Your name. For we are not presenting our petitions before You because of our righteous acts, but because of Your great compassion.
Ephesians 2:7–8
…in order that in the coming ages He might display the surpassing riches of His grace, demonstrated by His kindness to us in Christ Jesus.
Psalm 116:4
Then I called on the name of the LORD: “O LORD, deliver my soul!”
Psalm 17:13
Arise, O LORD, confront them! Bring them to their knees; deliver me from the wicked by Your sword,
Psalm 121:7
The LORD will guard you from all evil; He will preserve your soul.
Psalm 22:20
Deliver my soul from the sword, my precious life from the power of wild dogs.
Psalm 90:13
Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
Psalm 80:14
Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—
Malachi 3:7
Yet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
Psalm 79:8–9
Do not hold past sins against us; let Your compassion come quickly, for we are brought low.
Psalm 86:13
For great is Your loving devotion to me; You have delivered me from the depths of Sheol.
Isaiah 38:17
Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.

Psalm 6:4

Translations?

Original?

Notes?

Related verses?

Parallels?

Glossary?

Topics?

Translations

Original

Notes

Related verses

Parallels

Glossary

Topics