Mazmur 6:7-9

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 

6:9 The Lord has heard my appeal for mercy;

the Lord has accepted ⁷  my prayer.

[6:7]  ¹ tn The Hebrew text has the singular “eye” here.

[6:7]  ² tn Or perhaps, “are swollen.”

[6:7]  ³ tn Or perhaps, “grow old.”

[6:7]  ⁴ sn In his weakened condition the psalmist is vulnerable to the taunts and threats of his enemies.

[6:8]  ⁵ tn Heb “all [you] workers of wickedness.” See Ps 5:5.

[6:8]  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.

[6:9]  ⁷ tn The prefixed verbal form is probably a preterite here; it is parallel to a perfect and refers to the fact that the Lord has responded favorably to the psalmist’s request.