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Psalm 6:7-9
New English Translation
Psalm 6:7-9
New English Translation
7 My eyes[a] grow dim[b] from suffering;
they grow weak[c] because of all my enemies.[d]
8 Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly,[e]
for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping.[f]
9 The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy;
the Lord has accepted[g] my prayer.
Footnotes
- Psalm 6:7 tn The Hebrew text has the singular “eye” here.
- Psalm 6:7 tn Or perhaps, “are swollen.”
- Psalm 6:7 tn Or perhaps, “grow old.”
- Psalm 6:7 sn In his weakened condition the psalmist is vulnerable to the taunts and threats of his enemies.
- Psalm 6:8 tn Heb “all [you] workers of wickedness.” See Ps 5:5.
- Psalm 6:8 sn The Lord has heard. The psalmist’s mood abruptly changes because the Lord responded positively to the lament and petition of vv. 1-7 and promised him deliverance.
- Psalm 6:9 tn The prefixed verbal form is probably a preterite here; it is parallel to a perfect and refers to the fact that the Lord has responded favorably to the psalmist’s request.
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