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All night long I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/psalms/6.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I am worn out from sobbing. All night I flood my bed with weeping, drenching it with my tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/psalms/6.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/psalms/6.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/psalms/6.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/psalms/6.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I am weary with my groaning; All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/psalms/6.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am weary with my sighing; Every night I make my bed swim, I flood my couch with my tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/psalms/6.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />I am weary with my sighing; Every night I make my bed swim, I dissolve my couch with my tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/psalms/6.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />I am weary with my sighing; Every night I make my bed swim, I dissolve my couch with my tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/psalms/6.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />I am weary with my sighing; Every night I make my bed swim, I flood my couch with my tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/psalms/6.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I am weary with my groaning; Every night I soak my bed with tears, I drench my couch with my weeping.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/psalms/6.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am weary from my groaning; with my tears I dampen my bed and drench my couch every night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/psalms/6.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am weary from my groaning; with my tears I dampen my pillow and drench my bed every night. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/psalms/6.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/psalms/6.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My groaning has worn me out. At night my bed and pillow are soaked with tears. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/psalms/6.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />I am weary with my groaning; every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/psalms/6.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I am worn out from my groaning. My eyes flood my bed every night. I soak my couch with tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/psalms/6.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />I am worn out with grief; every night my bed is damp from my weeping; my pillow is soaked with tears. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/psalms/6.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I am weary from my groaning. Every night my couch is drenched with tears, my bed is soaked through.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/psalms/6.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/psalms/6.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I am exhausted as I groan; all night long I drench my bed in tears; my tears saturate the cushion beneath me. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/psalms/6.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I am weary with my groaning. Every night I drench my bed; I melt my couch with my tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/psalms/6.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />I am weary with my groaning; all the night I make my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/psalms/6.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/psalms/6.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I have been weary with my sighing, "" I meditate [on] my bed through all the night, "" I dissolve my couch with my tear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/psalms/6.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night on my bed, With my tear my couch I waste.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/psalms/6.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I was wearied with my sighing all the night I shall make my bed to swim with my tears; I shall make my couch to flow.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/psalms/6.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />I have laboured in my groanings, every night I will wash my bed: I will water my couch with my tears. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/psalms/6.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br /><V 6:7>I have labored in my groaning. Every night, with my tears, I will wash my bed and drench my blanket.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/psalms/6.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I am wearied with sighing; all night long I drench my bed with tears; I soak my couch with weeping. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/psalms/6.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I am weary with my moaning; every night I flood my bed with tears; I drench my couch with my weeping.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/psalms/6.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />I am weary with my groaning; and every night I water my bed and wash my mattress with my tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/psalms/6.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />I am weary with my groanings, and I have watered my bed every night and I wash my mattress with my tears.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/psalms/6.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I melt away my couch with my tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/psalms/6.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I am wearied with my groaning; I shall wash my bed every night; I shall water my couch with tears.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/psalms/6-6.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nFaD2oDhKPc?start=417" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/psalms/6.htm">Do not Rebuke Me in Your Anger</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">5</span>For there is no mention of You in death; who can praise You from Sheol? <span class="reftext">6</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3021.htm" title="3021: yā·ḡa‘·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To toil, grow or be weary. A primitive root; properly, to gasp; hence, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil.">I am weary</a> <a href="/hebrew/585.htm" title="585: bə·’an·ḥā·ṯî (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A sighing, groaning. From 'anachah; sighing.">from groaning;</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḇə·ḵāl- (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3915.htm" title="3915: lay·lāh (N-ms) -- Night. Or leyl; also laylah; from the same as luwl; properly, a twist, i.e. Night; figuratively, adversity.">night</a> <a href="/hebrew/7811.htm" title="7811: ’aś·ḥeh (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To swim. A primitive root; to swim; causatively, to inundate.">I flood</a> <a href="/hebrew/4296.htm" title="4296: miṭ·ṭā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A couch, bed. From natah; a bed for sleeping or eating; by analogy, a sofa, litter or bier.">my bed with weeping</a> <a href="/hebrew/4529.htm" title="4529: ’am·seh (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To melt, dissolve, be liquefied. A primitive root; to dissolve.">and drench</a> <a href="/hebrew/6210.htm" title="6210: ‘ar·śî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- A couch, divan. From an unused root meaning perhaps to arch; a couch.">my couch</a> <a href="/hebrew/1832.htm" title="1832: bə·ḏim·‘ā·ṯî (Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Tears (of one weeping). Feminine of dema'; weeping.">with tears.</a> </span><span class="reftext">7</span>My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-38.htm">Matthew 26:38</a></span><br />Then He said to them, “My soul is consumed with sorrow to the point of death. Stay here and keep watch with Me.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/22-44.htm">Luke 22:44</a></span><br />And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/7-13.htm">Job 7:13-14</a></span><br />When I think my bed will comfort me and my couch will ease my complaint, / then You frighten me with dreams and terrify me with visions,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-48.htm">Lamentations 3:48-49</a></span><br />Streams of tears flow from my eyes over the destruction of the daughter of my people. / My eyes overflow unceasingly, without relief,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Jeremiah 9:1</a></span><br />Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/2-4.htm">2 Corinthians 2:4</a></span><br />For through many tears I wrote you out of great distress and anguish of heart, not to grieve you but to let you know how much I love you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/42-3.htm">Psalm 42:3</a></span><br />My tears have been my food both day and night, while men ask me all day long, “Where is your God?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/56-8.htm">Psalm 56:8</a></span><br />You have taken account of my wanderings. Put my tears in Your bottle—are they not in Your book?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/38-14.htm">Isaiah 38:14</a></span><br />I chirp like a swallow or crane; I moan like a dove. My eyes grow weak as I look upward. O Lord, I am oppressed; be my security.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/16-16.htm">Job 16:16</a></span><br />My face is red with weeping, and deep shadows ring my eyes;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/77-2.htm">Psalm 77:2-4</a></span><br />In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted. / I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah / You have kept my eyes from closing; I am too troubled to speak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/102-9.htm">Psalm 102:9</a></span><br />For I have eaten ashes like bread and mixed my drink with tears<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/119-136.htm">Psalm 119:136</a></span><br />My eyes shed streams of tears because Your law is not obeyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/21-4.htm">Revelation 21:4</a></span><br />‘He will wipe away every tear from their eyes,’ and there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the former things have passed away.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/20-5.htm">2 Kings 20:5</a></span><br />“Go back and tell Hezekiah the leader of My people that this is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. I will surely heal you. On the third day from now you will go up to the house of the LORD.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.</p><p class="hdg">I am</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/38-9.htm">Psalm 38:9</a></b></br> Lord, all my desire <i>is</i> before thee; and my groaning is not hid from thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/69-3.htm">Psalm 69:3</a></b></br> I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/77-2.htm">Psalm 77:2-9</a></b></br> In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted… </p><p class="hdg">all the.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/39-12.htm">Psalm 39:12</a></b></br> Hear my prayer, O LORD, and give ear unto my cry; hold not thy peace at my tears: for I <i>am</i> a stranger with thee, <i>and</i> a sojourner, as all my fathers <i>were</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/42-3.htm">Psalm 42:3</a></b></br> My tears have been my meat day and night, while they continually say unto me, Where <i>is</i> thy God?</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/16-20.htm">Job 16:20</a></b></br> My friends scorn me: <i>but</i> mine eye poureth out <i>tears</i> unto God.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/psalms/4-4.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/job/38-40.htm">Couch</a> <a href="/job/30-22.htm">Dissolve</a> <a href="/ezekiel/32-6.htm">Drench</a> <a href="/job/38-28.htm">Drops</a> <a href="/psalms/5-7.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/job/40-23.htm">Flood</a> <a href="/job/39-19.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/psalms/5-1.htm">Groaning</a> <a href="/psalms/4-4.htm">Meditate</a> <a href="/2_samuel/17-10.htm">Melt</a> <a href="/nahum/2-7.htm">Moaning</a> <a href="/psalms/1-2.htm">Night</a> <a href="/psalms/5-1.htm">Sighing</a> <a href="/job/42-6.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/2_kings/6-6.htm">Swim</a> <a href="/psalms/2-3.htm">Tear</a> <a href="/job/31-38.htm">Tears</a> <a href="/psalms/5-3.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/job/39-6.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Water</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Watered</a> <a href="/job/16-7.htm">Wearied</a> <a href="/job/16-7.htm">Weariness</a> <a href="/job/31-16.htm">Weary</a> <a href="/job/30-31.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/job/41-30.htm">Wet</a> <a href="/job/16-7.htm">Worn</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/psalms/36-4.htm">Bed</a> <a href="/psalms/41-3.htm">Couch</a> <a href="/daniel/5-16.htm">Dissolve</a> <a href="/psalms/65-10.htm">Drench</a> <a href="/psalms/56-8.htm">Drops</a> <a href="/psalms/6-7.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/psalms/29-10.htm">Flood</a> <a href="/psalms/22-14.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/psalms/12-5.htm">Groaning</a> <a href="/psalms/27-4.htm">Meditate</a> <a href="/psalms/58-7.htm">Melt</a> <a href="/psalms/38-8.htm">Moaning</a> <a href="/psalms/16-7.htm">Night</a> <a href="/psalms/12-5.htm">Sighing</a> <a href="/psalms/6-7.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/psalms/8-8.htm">Swim</a> <a href="/psalms/7-2.htm">Tear</a> <a href="/psalms/39-12.htm">Tears</a> <a href="/psalms/6-8.htm">Voice</a> <a href="/psalms/9-6.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/psalms/18-11.htm">Water</a> <a href="/psalms/65-9.htm">Watered</a> <a href="/psalms/69-3.htm">Wearied</a> <a href="/psalms/68-9.htm">Weariness</a> <a href="/psalms/63-1.htm">Weary</a> <a href="/psalms/6-8.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/songs/5-2.htm">Wet</a> <a href="/psalms/69-3.htm">Worn</a><div class="vheading2">Psalm 6</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/6-1.htm">David's complaint in his sickness</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/psalms/6-8.htm">He triumphs over his enemies</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The term "weary" suggests a prolonged period of distress, indicating that the psalmist has been in a state of lament for an extended time. Groaning is a common expression of suffering in the Psalms, often associated with prayer and supplication to God (<a href="/psalms/38-9.htm">Psalm 38:9</a>). This weariness can be seen as a result of both external persecution and internal turmoil, possibly due to sin or illness. The groaning signifies a heartfelt cry for divine intervention and relief.<p><b>all night I flood my bed with weeping</b><br>The imagery of flooding the bed with tears emphasizes the intensity and duration of the psalmist's sorrow. Nighttime is often a period of reflection and vulnerability, where one's troubles can feel most overwhelming. In the ancient Near Eastern context, the bed was a place of rest, but here it becomes a place of anguish. This phrase highlights the psalmist's isolation and the personal nature of his suffering. The act of weeping throughout the night can be seen as a form of prayer, a continuous plea for God's mercy and presence. This connects to other biblical instances where night is a time of wrestling with God, such as Jacob's encounter in <a href="/genesis/32-24.htm">Genesis 32:24-30</a>.<p><b>and drench my couch with tears.</b><br>The repetition of the imagery of tears underscores the depth of the psalmist's despair. The couch, like the bed, is typically associated with comfort and relaxation, yet it is now soaked with tears, symbolizing the pervasive nature of the psalmist's grief. This could also reflect the cultural practice of mourning, where expressions of sorrow were often public and demonstrative. The psalmist's tears are a testament to his sincerity and the severity of his plight. In a broader biblical context, tears are often seen as a precursor to divine intervention, as God is portrayed as attentive to the cries of His people (<a href="/psalms/56-8.htm">Psalm 56:8</a>). This phrase can also be seen as a type of Christ, who in the New Testament is described as a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief (<a href="/isaiah/53-3.htm">Isaiah 53:3</a>), and who wept over Jerusalem (<a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41</a>) and at the tomb of Lazarus (<a href="/john/11-35.htm">John 11:35</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/d/david.htm">David</a></b><br>Traditionally attributed as the author of this Psalm, David is expressing deep personal anguish and seeking God's mercy.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The ultimate recipient of David's lament, God is portrayed as the one who can provide relief and answer prayers.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/bed/couch.htm">Bed/Couch</a></b><br>Symbolic of a place of rest that has become a place of sorrow and tears for David.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_reality_of_suffering.htm">The Reality of Suffering</a></b><br>Suffering is a part of the human experience, even for those who are faithful to God. David's lament shows that it is normal to feel overwhelmed at times.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_lament.htm">The Power of Lament</a></b><br>Lamenting is a biblical way to process grief and sorrow. It is an honest expression of our emotions before God, who is big enough to handle our deepest pains.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_presence_in_our_pain.htm">God's Presence in Our Pain</a></b><br>Even in the midst of tears and groaning, God is present. We can trust that He hears us and is compassionate towards our suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_deliverance.htm">Hope in God's Deliverance</a></b><br>While the Psalm expresses deep sorrow, it also implies a hope for deliverance. Our faith assures us that God will ultimately bring relief and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/e/encouragement_to_seek_god.htm">Encouragement to Seek God</a></b><br>In times of distress, we are encouraged to turn to God in prayer, just as David did, trusting in His mercy and grace.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_psalm_6.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Psalm 6</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_psalm_6_6_question_god's_swift_aid.htm">Psalm 6:6 – Does the Psalmist’s prolonged suffering challenge the belief that God responds swiftly to the cries of the faithful? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/psalm_6__evidence_or_just_tradition.htm">Psalm 6 - Is there any historical or archaeological evidence confirming the circumstances or authorship of this lament, or does it solely rely on faith tradition?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_overcoming_grief.htm">What does the Bible say about overcoming grief?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_schizophrenia.htm">What is the Bible's perspective on schizophrenia?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/psalms/6.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(6) <span class= "bld">I water my couch with tears.</span>--Comp. <span class= "ital">Odyssey, </span>xvii. 102:<p>"Say, to my mournful couch shall I ascend?<p>The couch deserted now a length of years,<p>The couch for ever watered with my tears."--<p>Pope's <span class= "ital">trans.</span><p>Orientals indulge in weeping and other outward signs of emotion, which Western nations, or, at all events, the Teutonic races, try to suppress or hide.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/psalms/6.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 6.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I am weary</span> - or, worn out (Kay) - <span class="cmt_word">with my groaning</span>. The Oriental habit of giving vent to grief in <span class="accented">loud</span> lamentations must be remembered. Herodotus says that at the funeral of Masistias, the Persians present "vented their grief in such loud cries that all Boeotia resounded with the clement" (Herod., 9:24). <span class="cmt_word">All the night make I my bed to swim</span> (comp. Homer, 'Od.,' 17:102, 103). The Revised Version has, "every night," which is a possible meaning. Dr. Kay translates, "I drench my bed." I water my couch with my tears. One of the usual pleonastic second clauses. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/psalms/6-6.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">I am weary</span><br /><span class="heb">יָגַ֤עְתִּי ׀</span> <span class="translit">(yā·ḡa‘·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3021.htm">Strong's 3021: </a> </span><span class="str2">To gasp, to be exhausted, to tire, to toil</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from groaning;</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּֽאַנְחָתִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’an·ḥā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_585.htm">Strong's 585: </a> </span><span class="str2">A sighing, groaning</span><br /><br /><span class="word">all</span><br /><span class="heb">בְכָל־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·ḵāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">night</span><br /><span class="heb">לַ֭יְלָה</span> <span class="translit">(lay·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3915.htm">Strong's 3915: </a> </span><span class="str2">A twist, night, adversity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I flood</span><br /><span class="heb">אַשְׂחֶ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(’aś·ḥeh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7811.htm">Strong's 7811: </a> </span><span class="str2">To swim, to inundate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my bed with {weeping}</span><br /><span class="heb">מִטָּתִ֑י</span> <span class="translit">(miṭ·ṭā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4296.htm">Strong's 4296: </a> </span><span class="str2">A bed, for, sleeping, eating, a sofa, litter, bier</span><br /><br /><span class="word">[and] drench</span><br /><span class="heb">אַמְסֶֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(’am·seh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4529.htm">Strong's 4529: </a> </span><span class="str2">To melt, dissolve, be liquefied</span><br /><br /><span class="word">my couch</span><br /><span class="heb">עַרְשִׂ֥י</span> <span class="translit">(‘ar·śî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6210.htm">Strong's 6210: </a> </span><span class="str2">A couch, divan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with tears.</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּ֝דִמְעָתִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḏim·‘ā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1832.htm">Strong's 1832: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tears (of one weeping)</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/psalms/6-6.htm">Psalm 6:6 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">OT Poetry: Psalm 6:6 I am weary with my groaning (Psalm Ps Psa.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/psalms/6-5.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Psalm 6:5"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Psalm 6:5" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/psalms/6-7.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Psalm 6:7"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Psalm 6:7" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>