Psalm 31:9 “Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sor…”

Psalm 31:9

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

World English Bible

Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.

American Standard Version

Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.

Geneva Bible 1599

Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lord: for I am in trouble: mine eye, my soule and my bellie are consumed with griefe.

Darby Translation

Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.

Young's Literal Translation

Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress [is] to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.

Bible in Basic English

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.

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Cross references

“mine”

Psalm 6:7 Psalm 88:9 Job 17:7 Lamentations 4:17 Lamentations 5:17

Psalm 6:7 · BSB

My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.

Psalm 88:9 · BSB

My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.

Job 17:7 · BSB

My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.

Lamentations 4:17 · BSB

All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.

Lamentations 5:17 · BSB

Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—

“my soul”

Psalm 73:26 Psalm 38:1–10 Psalm 44:25 Psalm 73:14 Psalm 88:3–5 Psalm 102:3–5

Psalm 73:26 · BSB

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalm 38:1–10 · BSB

O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.

Psalm 44:25 · BSB

For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.

Psalm 73:14 · BSB

For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.

Psalm 88:3–5 · BSB

For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.

Psalm 102:3–5 · BSB

For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.

Also

Psalm 66:14

Psalm 66:14 · BSB

the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.

10For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

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