Psalms 31:9

WEB

⁹Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.

KJV

⁹Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

BSB

⁹Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.

FBV

⁹^[+] Be kind to me Lord, for I am upset. I can hardly see from so much crying. I am completely wasting away.

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Extra References

Psalms 6:7

⁷My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.

Psalms 88:9

⁹My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, LORD. I have spread out my hands to you.

Psalms 73:26

²⁶My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

¹LORD, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. ²For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me. ³There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. ⁴For my iniquities have gone over my head. As a heavy burden, they are too heavy for me. ⁵My wounds are loathsome and corrupt because of my foolishness. ⁶I am in pain and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all day long. ⁷For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh. ⁸I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart. ⁹Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you. ¹⁰My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.

Lamentations 4:17

¹⁷Our eyes still fail, looking in vain for our help. In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.

Psalms 102:3-5

³For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch. ⁴My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread. ⁵By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.

Psalms 44:25

²⁵For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.

Psalms 88:3-5

³For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol.⁴^[+] I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help, ⁵set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.

Job 17:7

⁷My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.

Job 33:19-22

¹⁹“He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones, ²⁰so that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food. ²¹His flesh is so consumed away that it can’t be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out. ²²Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.