# Psalms 6.4 **Book:** [Psalms](/codex/psalms/) · NASB95 ## Immediate context (±2 verses) **ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/)) > 2. Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled. 3. My soul also is sore troubled: And thou, O Jehovah, how long? > > **4. Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake.** > > 5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks? 6. I am weary with my groaning; Every night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. (Psalms 6:2-6, ASV) **WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/)) > 2. Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled. 3. My soul is also in great anguish. But you, Yahweh, how long? > > **4. Return, Yahweh. Deliver my soul, and save me for your loving kindness’ sake.** > > 5. For in death there is no memory of you. In Sheol, who shall give you thanks? 6. I am weary with my groaning. Every night I flood my bed. I drench my couch with my tears. (Psalms 6:2-6, WEB) **KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/)) > 2. Have mercy upon me, O LORD; for I am weak: O LORD, heal me; for my bones are vexed. 3. My soul is also sore vexed: but thou, O LORD, how long? > > **4. Return, O LORD, deliver my soul: oh save me for thy mercies' sake.** > > 5. For in death there is no remembrance of thee: in the grave who shall give thee thanks? 6. I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears. all: or, every night (Psalms 6:2-6, KJV) **YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/)) > 2. Favour me, O Jehovah, for I [am] weak, Heal me, O Jehovah, For troubled have been my bones, 3. And my soul hath been troubled greatly, And Thou, O Jehovah, till when? > > **4. Turn back, O Jehovah, draw out my soul, Save me for Thy kindness' sake.** > > 5. For there is not in death Thy memorial, In Sheol, who doth give thanks to Thee? 6. I have been weary with my sighing, I meditate through all the night [on] my bed, With my tear my couch I waste. (Psalms 6:2-6, YLT) ## Setting - **Speaker:** _TBD_ - **Audience:** _TBD_ - **Location:** _TBD_ - **Time period:** _TBD_ ## Theological reading _Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._ ## Key words _Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap._ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ - _TBD_ ## Quoted in **Lexicon:** - [H5315 - nephesh](/codex/h5315-nephesh/), via [Psalms 6.3-4](/codex/psalms-6-3-4/) - [H7725 - shuv](/codex/h7725-shuv/) --- _Scripture quotations taken from the **New American Standard Bible®** (NASB), Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by **The Lockman Foundation**. Used by permission. All rights reserved. [www.lockman.org](https://www.lockman.org)_ ## Why these four translations ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance. The four: - **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition. - **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English. - **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base. - **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff. See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.