Psalms 6:6-7

6:6 I am exhausted as I groan;

all night long I drench my bed in tears; ¹ 

my tears saturate the cushion beneath me. ² 

6:7 My eyes ³  grow dim ⁴  from suffering;

they grow weak ⁵  because of all my enemies. ⁶ 

[6:6]  ¹ tn Heb “I cause to swim through all the night my bed.”

[6:6]  ² tn Heb “with my tears my bed I flood/melt.”

[6:7]  ³ tn The Hebrew text has the singular “eye” here.

[6:7]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps, “are swollen.”

[6:7]  ⁵ tn Or perhaps, “grow old.”

[6:7]  ⁶ sn In his weakened condition the psalmist is vulnerable to the taunts and threats of his enemies.