Psalms

Psalm 6:6–7

⁶I am weary from groaning;

all night I flood my bed with weeping

and drench my couch with tears.

⁷My eyes fail from grief;

they grow dim because of all my foes.

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I am weary	יָגַ֤עְתִּי׀	yā·ḡa‘·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H3021 toil, grow or be weary
from groaning	בְּֽאַנְחָתִ֗י	bə·’an·ḥā·ṯî	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H585 sighing, groaning
all	בְכָל־	ḇə·ḵāl-	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
night	לַ֭יְלָה	lay·lāh	Noun - masculine singular	H3915 twist, night, adversity
I flood	אַשְׂחֶ֣ה	’aś·ḥeh	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7811 swim
my bed with	מִטָּתִ֑י	miṭ·ṭā·ṯî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H4296 couch, bed
drench	אַמְסֶֽה׃	’am·seh	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H4529 melt, dissolve, be liquefied
my couch	עַרְשִׂ֥י	‘ar·śî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H6210 couch, divan
with tears	בְּ֝דִמְעָתִ֗י	bə·ḏim·‘ā·ṯî	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H1832 tears

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
My eyes	עֵינִ֑י	‘ê·nî	Noun - common singular construct; first person common singular	H5869 eye
fail	עָֽשְׁשָׁ֣ה	‘ā·šə·šāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H6244 waste away
from grief	מִכַּ֣עַס	mik·ka·‘as	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H3708 vexation, anger
they grow dim	עָֽ֝תְקָ֗ה	‘ā·ṯə·qāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H6275 move, proceed, advance
because of all	בְּכָל־	bə·ḵāl	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
my foes	צוֹרְרָֽי׃	ṣō·wr·rāy	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct; first person common singular	H6887 bind, tie up, be restricted, narrow, scant, cramped

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Psalm 6:6 Psalm 38:9 · Psalm 42:3 · Psalm 69:3 · Job 7:3 · Lamentations 1:16 · Lamentations 1:2 · Lamentations 2:11 · Job 23:2 · Psalm 102:3–5 · Lamentations 2:18–19 · Job 16:20 · Psalm 77:2–9

Psalm 6:7 Job 17:7 · Psalm 38:10 · Lamentations 5:17 · Psalm 88:9

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.