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Psalm 6:2

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6:2Have mercy on me,2 Lord, for I am frail!

Heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking!3

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Psalm 6:1–2: O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing; heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Or “show me favor.”
  2. 3 Normally the verb בָּהַל (bahal) refers to an emotional response and means “tremble with fear, be terrified” (see vv. 3, 10). Perhaps here the “bones” are viewed as the seat of the psalmist’s emotions. However, the verb may describe one of the effects of his physical ailment, perhaps a fever. In Ezek 7:27 the verb describes how the hands of the people will shake with fear when they experience the horrors of divine judgment.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am languishing;

heal me, O Lord, for my bones are troubled.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint;

heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Be gracious to me, Lord, for I am weak;

heal me, Lord, for my bones are shaking;

NLTNew Living Translation

Have compassion on me, Lord, for I am weak.

Heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, because I am feeble.

Heal me, O Yahweh, for my bones are terrified.

KJV 1900King James Version

Have mercy upon me, O Lord; for I am weak:

O Lord, heal me; for my bones are vexed.