Psalms 6:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Return, O Jehovah, deliver my soul: Save me for thy lovingkindness' sake.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְ֭נַפְשִׁי נִבְהֲלָ֣ה מְאֹ֑ד וְאַתָּ֥ה יְ֝הוָ֗ה עַד־מָתָֽי׃

Transliteration

And-napšî nibhălâ mə'ōd and-'attâ YHWH until-when

Grammar Details

• *napšî*: noun, feminine singular with 1st person singular suffix - my soul
• *nibhălâ*: verb, niphal perfect 3rd person feminine singular - it is troubled/dismayed
• *mə'ōd*: adverb - greatly/exceedingly
• *'attâ*: pronoun, 2nd person masculine singular - you
• *YHWH*: divine name

Word Meanings

• *napšî*: my soul/my life/my being/myself
• *nibhălâ*: is troubled/is terrified/is in anguish/is dismayed
• *mə'ōd*: greatly/exceedingly/very much
• *'attâ*: you

Referenced Verses

• Ps 17:13 : 13 Arise, O Jehovah, Confront him, cast him down: Deliver my soul from the wicked by thy sword;
• Ps 22:20 : 20 Deliver my soul from the sword, My darling from the power of the dog.
• Ps 80:14 : 14 Turn again, we beseech thee, O God of hosts: Look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine,
• Ps 90:13 : 13 Return, O Jehovah; How long? And let it repent thee concerning thy servants.
• Ps 116:4 : 4 Then called I upon the name of Jehovah: O Jehovah, I beseech thee, deliver my soul.
• Ps 116:8 : 8 For thou hast delivered my soul from death, Mine eyes from tears, [And] my feet from falling.
• Ps 120:2 : 2 Deliver my soul, O Jehovah, from lying lips, [And] from a deceitful tongue.
• Ps 121:7 : 7 Jehovah will keep thee from all evil; He will keep thy soul.
• Isa 38:17 : 17 Behold, [it was] for [my] peace [that] I had great bitterness: But thou hast in love to my soul delivered it from the pit of corruption; For thou hast cast all my sins behind thy back.
• Dan 9:18 : 18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousness, but for thy great mercies' sake.
• Mal 3:7 : 7 From the days of your fathers ye have turned aside from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith Jehovah of hosts. But ye say, Wherein shall we return?
• Eph 1:6 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, {G1722} which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
• Eph 2:7-8 : 7 that in the ages to come he might show the exceeding riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus: 8 for by grace have ye been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, [it is] the gift of God;
• Ps 86:13 : 13 For great is thy lovingkindness toward me; And thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol.
• Ps 25:7 : 7 Remember not the sins of my youth, nor my transgressions: According to thy lovingkindness remember thou me, For thy goodness' sake, O Jehovah.
• Ps 69:13 : 13 But as for me, my prayer is unto thee, O Jehovah, in an acceptable time: O God, in the abundance of thy lovingkindness, Answer me in the truth of thy salvation.
• Ps 79:8-9 : 8 Remember not against us the iniquities of our forefathers: Let thy tender mercies speedily meet us; For we are brought very low. 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.