Psalms 6:7-8

6:7 My eyes ¹  grow dim ²  from suffering;

they grow weak ³  because of all my enemies. ⁴ 

6:8 Turn back from me, all you who behave wickedly, ⁵ 

for the Lord has heard the sound of my weeping! ⁶ 

¹ tn The Hebrew text has the singular “eye” here.

² tn Or perhaps, “are swollen.”

³ tn Or perhaps, “grow old.”

⁴ sn In his weakened condition the psalmist is vulnerable to the taunts and threats of his enemies.

⁵ tn Heb “all [you] workers of wickedness.” See Ps 5:5.

⁶ 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.