Apologetics Bible

Psalms 6:1

Hebrew

לַמְנַצֵּחַ בִּנְגִינוֹת עַֽל־הַשְּׁמִינִית מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִֽד׃

lamenatzecha-vinegiynvot-'al-hashemiyniyt-mizemvor-ledavid

KJV: O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

AKJV: O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

ASV: O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger,

YLT: To the Overseer with stringed instruments, on the octave. --A Psalm of David. O Jehovah, in Thine anger reprove me not, Nor in Thy fury chastise me.

Exposition: Psalms 6:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'O LORD, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 6:2

Hebrew

יְֽהוָה אַל־בְּאַפְּךָ תוֹכִיחֵנִי וְֽאַל־בַּחֲמָתְךָ תְיַסְּרֵֽנִי׃

yehvah-'al-ve'afekha-tvokhiycheniy-ve'al-vachamatekha-teyasereniy

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

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

ASV: Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away:

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

Exposition: Psalms 6:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 6:3

Hebrew

חָנֵּנִי יְהוָה כִּי אֻמְלַל אָנִי רְפָאֵנִי יְהוָה כִּי נִבְהֲלוּ עֲצָמֽ͏ָי׃

chaneniy-yehvah-khiy-'umelal-'aniy-refa'eniy-yehvah-khiy-nivehalv-'atzamay

KJV: My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?

AKJV: My soul is also sore vexed: but you, O LORD, how long?

ASV: My soul also is sore troubled:

YLT: And my soul hath been troubled greatly, And Thou, O Jehovah, till when?

Exposition: Psalms 6:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 6:4

Hebrew

וְנַפְשִׁי נִבְהֲלָה מְאֹד ואת וְאַתָּה יְהוָה עַד־מָתָֽי׃

venafeshiy-nivehalah-me'od-v't-ve'atah-yehvah-'ad-matay

KJV: Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.

AKJV: Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for your mercies’ sake.

ASV: Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul:

YLT: Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake.

Exposition: Psalms 6:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies’ sake.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 6:5

Hebrew

שׁוּבָה יְהוָה חַלְּצָה נַפְשִׁי הוֹשִׁיעֵנִי לְמַעַן חַסְדֶּֽךָ׃

shvvah-yehvah-chaletzah-nafeshiy-hvoshiy'eniy-lema'an-chasedekha

KJV: For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?

AKJV: For in death there is no remembrance of you: in the grave who shall give you thanks?

ASV: For in death there is no remembrance of thee:

YLT: For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee?

Exposition: Psalms 6:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks?'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 6:6

Hebrew

כִּי אֵין בַּמָּוֶת זִכְרֶךָ בִּשְׁאוֹל מִי יֽוֹדֶה־לָּֽךְ׃

khiy-'eyn-vamavet-zikherekha-vishe'vol-miy-yvodeh-lakhe

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

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

ASV: I am weary with my groaning;

YLT: I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night on my bed, With my tear my couch I waste.

Exposition: Psalms 6:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 6:7

Hebrew

יָגַעְתִּי ׀ בְּֽאַנְחָתִי אַשְׂחֶה בְכָל־לַיְלָה מִטָּתִי בְּדִמְעָתִי עַרְשִׂי אַמְסֶֽה׃

yaga'etiy- -ve'anechatiy-'ashecheh-vekhal-layelah-mitatiy-vedime'atiy-'areshiy-'ameseh

KJV: Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

AKJV: My eye is consumed because of grief; it waxes old because of all my enemies.

ASV: Mine eye wasteth away because of grief;

YLT: Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries,

Exposition: Psalms 6:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 6:8

Hebrew

עָֽשְׁשָׁה מִכַּעַס עֵינִי עָֽתְקָה בְּכָל־צוֹרְרָֽי׃

'asheshah-mikha'as-'eyniy-'ateqah-vekhal-tzvoreray

KJV: Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.

AKJV: Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity; for the LORD has heard the voice of my weeping.

ASV: Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity;

YLT: Turn from me all ye workers of iniquity, For Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping,

Exposition: Psalms 6:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 6:9

Hebrew

סוּרוּ מִמֶּנִּי כָּל־פֹּעֲלֵי אָוֶן כִּֽי־שָׁמַע יְהוָה קוֹל בִּכְיִֽי׃

svrv-mimeniy-khal-fo'aley-'aven-khiy-shama'-yehvah-qvol-vikheyiy

KJV: The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.

AKJV: The LORD has heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.

ASV: Jehovah hath heard my supplication;

YLT: Jehovah hath heard my supplication, Jehovah my prayer receiveth.

Exposition: Psalms 6:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'The LORD hath heard my supplication; the LORD will receive my prayer.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.

Psalms 6:10

Hebrew

שָׁמַע יְהוָה תְּחִנָּתִי יְהוָה תְּֽפִלָּתִי יִקָּֽח׃

shama'-yehvah-techinatiy-yehvah-tefilatiy-yiqach

KJV: Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

AKJV: Let all my enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.

ASV: All mine enemies shall be put to shame and sore troubled:

YLT: Ashamed and troubled greatly are all mine enemies, They turn back--ashamed in a moment!

Exposition: Psalms 6:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Let all mine enemies be ashamed and sore vexed: let them return and be ashamed suddenly.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.

Apologetics Notes

• Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.

• Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.

• Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.