Psalms 6:6

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 69:3

69:3 I am exhausted from shouting for help;

my throat is sore; ³ 

my eyes grow tired of looking for my God. ⁴ 

[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.”

[69:3]  ³ tn Or perhaps “raw”; Heb “burned; enflamed.”

[69:3]  ⁴ tn Heb “my eyes fail from waiting for my God.” The psalmist has intently kept his eyes open, looking for God to intervene, but now his eyes are watery and bloodshot, impairing his vision.