Psalm 6:2 “Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bon…”

Psalm 6:2

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.

World English Bible

Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am faint. LORD, heal me, for my bones are troubled.

American Standard Version

Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled.

Geneva Bible 1599

Haue mercie vpon me, O Lord, for I am weake: O Lord heale me, for my bones are vexed.

Darby Translation

Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am withered; Jehovah, heal me, for my bones tremble.

Young's Literal Translation

Favour me, O Jehovah, for I [am] weak, Heal me, O Jehovah, For troubled have been my bones,

Bible in Basic English

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am wasted away: make me well, for even my bones are troubled.

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Cross references

“for I”

Psalm 38:7 Psalm 103:13–17 Psalm 41:3

Psalm 38:7 · BSB

For my loins are full of burning pain, and no soundness remains in my body.

Psalm 103:13–17 · BSB

As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him.

Psalm 41:3 · BSB

The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.

“O Lord, heal”

Hosea 6:1 Psalm 30:2 Jeremiah 17:14 Deuteronomy 32:39 Genesis 20:17 Numbers 12:13

Hosea 6:1 · BSB

Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

Psalm 30:2 · BSB

O LORD my God, I cried to You for help, and You healed me.

Jeremiah 17:14 · BSB

Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.

Deuteronomy 32:39 · BSB

See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.

Genesis 20:17 · BSB

Then Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants, so that they could again bear children—

Numbers 12:13 · BSB

So Moses cried out to the LORD, “O God, please heal her!”

“my”

Psalm 51:8 Psalm 32:3 Psalm 38:3 Job 33:19–21 Job 19:21

Psalm 51:8 · BSB

Let me hear joy and gladness; let the bones You have crushed rejoice.

Psalm 32:3 · BSB

When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.

Psalm 38:3 · BSB

There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.

Job 33:19–21 · BSB

A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones,

Job 19:21 · BSB

Have pity on me, my friends, have pity, for the hand of God has struck me.

Also

Psalm 31:10 Psalm 22:14

Psalm 31:10 · BSB

For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

Psalm 22:14 · BSB

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

3My soul is deeply distressed. How long, O LORD, how long?

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