Passage

Psalms 6.6

Book: Psalms · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV

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.

Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries. 8. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; For Jehovah hath heard the voice of my weeping. (Psalms 6:4-8, ASV)

WEB

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.

My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries. 8. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for Yahweh has heard the voice of my weeping. (Psalms 6:4-8, WEB)

KJV

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}

Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies. 8. Depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity; for the LORD hath heard the voice of my weeping. (Psalms 6:4-8, KJV)

YLT

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.

Old from provocation is mine eye, It is old because of all mine adversaries, 8. Turn from me all ye workers of iniquity, For Jehovah heard the voice of my weeping, (Psalms 6:4-8, YLT)

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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.

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Quoted in

Arguments and defeaters:

Argument from the Universal Tear-Hierarchy Convergence

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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 (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
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.

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