Psalms 6:3

My soul. I. Hebrew. nephesh. App-13.

sore vexed. troubled. Same as John 12:27. Compare Psalms 42:5; Psalms 42:6.

how long?. until when? Figure of speech Erotesis; and, before and after these words, the Figure of speech Aposiopesis. App-6.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

My soul is also sore vexed - The word “soul” here is used in the sense in which it is commonly with us, as denoting the mind. The idea is, that h...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

(c) My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? (c) His conscience is also touched with the fear of God's judgment.
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

VI. A Righteous Man's Prayer in Distress. ( a ) Notice ( Psalms 6:1-7 ) the recognition of the fact that suffering is not always the proof of guilt...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. And thou, O Jehovah, how long? This elliptical form of expression serves to express more strongly the vehemence of grief, which not only...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? How long? - How long shall I continue under this malady? How long will it be before thou spea...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But thou, O Lord, how long?— There seems to be an ellipsis here, which is thus supplied by the Chaldee paraphrast; How long wilt thou defer to giv...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? My soul is ... sore vexed - as well as my body, of which the "bones are vexed" ( Psal...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But thou, O Lord, how long? — Comp. Psalms 90:13 . This is “belief in unbelief.” Domine quousque was Calvin’s motto. The most intense grief, it...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 6:1-10 THE theme and progress of thought in this psalm are very common, especially in those attributed to David. A soul compassed by enemie...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deliverance in Trouble Psalms 6:1-10 This is the first of the Penitential Psalms, the other six being Psalms 32:1-11 ; Psalms 38:1-22 ; Ps...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is known as the first of the seven great penitential psalms. It is somewhat weak in its note of true penitence and in this respect is not to be...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Reader will not fail to discover Christ in this supplication, when he recollects how Jesus complained in the garden, when he said, My soul is exc...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

My soul is also sore vexed ,.... Or "exceedingly troubled" c, and even frightened and thrown into a consternation with indwelling sin, and on accoun...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? Ver. 3. My soul is also sore vexed ] This was worse than all the rest. A light load to a r...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

My soul is sore vexed Partly by sympathy with my body, and partly with the burden of my sins, and the sense of thine anger, and my own danger and m...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

David's Complaints. To the chief musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith. A psa...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

My soul is also sore vexed; partly by sympathy with my body; and partly with the burden of my sins, and the sense of thine anger, and my own danger...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘O YHWH do not rebuke me in your anger, Nor chasten me in your hot displeasure, Have mercy on me (show your graciousness towards me), O YHWH for I...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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The Biblical Illustrator

O Lord, rebuke me not in Thine anger. A song of sorrow It is needless to look for a historical occasion of the Psalm; but to an oar that knows...
The Biblical Illustrator

My soul is sore vexed. Yoke fellows in sin, yoke fellows in punishment Yoke fellows in sin are yoke fellows in pain; the soul is punished for i...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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³ My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

Related Commentaries of Psalms 6:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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