Psalms 6:6

Context

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

Psalms 31:10

Context

31:10 For my life nears its end in pain;

my years draw to a close as I groan.³

My strength fails me because of⁴ my sin,

and my bones become brittle.⁵

Context

38:9 O Lord, you understand my heart’s desire;⁶

my groaning is not hidden from you.

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

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

[31:10] ³tn Heb “and my years in groaning.”

[31:10] ⁴tn Heb “stumbles in.”

[31:10] ⁵tn Heb “grow weak.”

[38:9] ⁵tn Heb “O Lord, before you [is] all my desire.”