Psalm 6:6

I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.

Cross-references

Psalm 102:3-5 intensifies the groaning with physical wasting—bones burning, heart withered, forgetting to eat.

Psalm 77:2-9 describes a similar night of unceasing distress and refusal of comfort, mirroring the all-night weeping.

Psalm 69:3 Parallel

Psalm 69:3 echoes the same exhaustion from weeping, adding throat dryness and failing eyes from crying out to God.

Psalm 42:3 Parallel

In Psalm 42:3, tears become daily sustenance, echoing the same intensity of sorrow and constant weeping as in Psalm 6:6.

Psalm 39:12 Parallel

Psalm 39:12 explicitly mentions tears and crying out to God, closely paralleling the tearful plea of Psalm 6:6.

Psalm 77:4 Parallel

In Psalm 77:4, the psalmist is kept awake by trouble — a direct parallel to the sleepless night of weeping here.

Psalm 102:5 Parallel

In Psalm 102:5, the psalmist similarly groans until bones cling to skin — a parallel lament of physical distress from sorrow.

Psalm 30:5 Contrast

In Psalm 30:5, weeping may last a night but joy comes in the morning — a hopeful contrast to the night of tears here.

Psalm 38:9 Parallel

In Psalm 38:9, the same groaning is presented as fully known to God, emphasizing divine awareness of the psalmist's distress.

Psalm 38:6 Parallel

In Psalm 38:6, David goes mourning all day — a parallel to the night-long weeping here.

Psalm 88:9 Parallel

Psalm 88:9 continues the theme of eyes wasting from affliction, with daily calling and outstretched hands to God.

Psalm 38:17 Parallel

In Psalm 38:17, David's sorrow is continually before him — a parallel to the persistent groaning and tears here.

Psalm 143:4-7 shares the overwhelmed spirit and distress, but focuses on longing for God rather than tears.

In Lamentations 3:48-50, eyes run with rivers of water without ceasing, matching the psalmist's tears that water his couch.

In Jeremiah 14:17, the prophet weeps night and day for the broken people, matching the psalmist's all-night tears.

In Lamentations 2:11, eyes fail from tears, echoing the psalmist's weary groaning and overwhelming tears.

In Lamentations 2:18, tears run like a river day and night, similar to the psalmist's all-night weeping.

Job 7:3 Parallel

Job 7:3 parallels the wearisome nights appointed to Job, echoing the sleepless, tearful nights of Psalm 6.

Job 23:2 Related theme

Job 23:2 directly mentions groaning and bitter complaint, reinforcing the same groaning motif as Psalm 6:6.

Job 16:16 Parallel

In Job 16:16, Job's face is foul with weeping — a direct parallel to the tears that water the couch here.

Job 7:4 Parallel

In Job 7:4, Job describes restless nights and longing for dawn — a direct parallel to the sleepless weeping here.

In Lamentations 2:19, pouring out heart like water at night parallels the psalmist's night of tears.

Job 16:20 Parallel

In Job 16:20, tears are poured out to God amid scorn, similar to the psalmist's lament and tears directed to God.

Ecclesiastes 2:23 describes nights filled with sorrow and no rest — echoing the same sleepless grief as here.

In Lamentations 1:2, Jerusalem weeps at night with tears on cheeks, paralleling the psalmist's night of tears.

In Lamentations 1:16, the speaker's eye runs with water, similar to the psalmist's tears watering his couch.

Job 7:13 Parallel

In Job 7:13, Job looks to his bed for comfort but finds none — echoing the bed soaked with tears here.

Job 10:1 Related theme

Job 10:1 expresses bitterness of soul and free course to complaint, similar lament but without the specific weeping imagery.