Psalms 6:6

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I am weary with my groaning - I am exhausted or worn out with it. That is, his sorrows were so deep, and his groaning was so constant, that his s...
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

These forms of expression are hyperbolical, but it must not be imagined that David, after the manner of poets, exaggerates his sorrow; (89) bu...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. Another plea why God should have mercy on hi...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I water my couch with tears. — Comp. Odyssey, xvii. 102: “Say, to my mournful couch shall I ascend? The couch deserted now a length of years, Th...
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

We need only to compare scripture with scripture, to discover that it is Jesus of whom the prophet here speaks. Psalms 22:1-2 . But, Reader! do not...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

I am weary with my groanings ,.... By reason of bodily illness, or indwelling sin, or the guilt of actual transgressions, or the hidings of God's fa...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. Ver. 6. I am weary with my groaning ] I have lab...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

All the night Or, every night , as the margin renders כל לילה, cal lailah; make I my bed to swim With tears, an hyperbole used also elsewhere. I...
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

All the night; he mentions this time, by way of aggravation of his misery, because that season, which is to others by God's appointment a time of r...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘I am weary with my groaning. Every night I make my bed swim, I water my couch with my tears. My eye wastes away because of grief, It grows old b...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “The first of the seven Penitential Psalms. It has been said that there is much of grief in it, but nothing of penitence. This, however...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 6 We may get the meaning and help of this Psalm by asking, How did David conduct himself in the time of sickness and trouble? I. He made h...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 6:6 I. The feeling that he was suffering God's rebuke, smarting under God's correction, was at once a comfort and a grief to the Psalmist:...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Here the psalmist asks for a visit from God, for he is sick at heart, heavy and depressed. Be very thankful if that is not your case; but if it is, b...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Title. On Sheminith; directing this psalm to be sung with a harp of eight strings, 1 Chronicles 15:21 , that the air and the music might the...
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

I am weary with my groaning. The penitent’s sorrow The penitent here expresses the effects which his sorrow had upon him in its outward manifes...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This is the first of what have been called "the Penitential Psalms." It has been said that "there is much of grief in it, but nothing...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Prayer in Anxiety over Sin. To the chief musician on Neginoth, the stringed instruments of the Temple-orchestra, upon Sheminith, that is, on the...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I am weary with my groaning, utterly fatigued and worn out with the severity of his suffering; all the night make I my bed to swim, with streams of...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 14:17 ; Job 10:1 ; Job 16:20 ; Job 23:2 ; Job 7:3 ; Lamentations 1:16 ; Lamentations 1:2 ; Lamentations 2:11 ; Lamentations 2:18 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

With my tears — It well becomes the greatest spirits to be tender, and to relent under the tokens of God's displeasure. David who could face Goliat...

⁶ I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 6:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the 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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 6:6