Psalms 31:9

Psalms 31:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
• New International Version (NIV)Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress; my eyes grow weak with sorrow, my soul and body with grief.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; My eye wastes away with grief, Yes, my soul and my body!

Context of Psalms 31:9

7I will be glad and rejoice in thy loving-kindness, for thou hast seen mine affliction; thou hast known the troubles of my soul, 8And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large place. Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly. 10For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength faileth through mine iniquity, and my bones are wasted. 11More than to all mine oppressors, I am become exceedingly a reproach, even to my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that see me without flee from me.

Psalms 31:9 word by word

חָנֵּ֥נִי יְהוָה֮ כִּ֤י צַ֫ר־לִ֥י עָשְׁשָׁ֖ה בְכַ֥עַס עֵינִ֗י נַפְשִׁ֥י וּבִטְנִֽי׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 31:9

• Psalms 6:7Mine eye wasteth away through grief; it hath grown old because of all mine oppressors.
• Psalms 88:9Mine eye consumeth by reason of affliction. Upon thee, Jehovah, have I called every day; I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
• Job 17:7And mine eye is dim by reason of grief, and all my members are as a shadow.
• Lamentations 4:17Our eyes still failed for our vain help; in our watching, we have watched for a nation that did not save.
• Lamentations 5:17For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes have grown dim,
• Psalms 6:1Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, and chasten me not in thy hot displeasure.
• Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is become like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.
• Psalms 38:1Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.
• Psalms 44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
• Psalms 73:14For all the day have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
• Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draweth nigh to Sheol.
• Psalms 102:3For my days are consumed like smoke, and my bones are burned as a firebrand.
• Psalms 107:10Such as inhabit darkness and the shadow of death, bound in affliction and iron,
• Job 33:19He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and with constant strife in his bones;

Commentaries on Psalms 31:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Mine eye is consumed - He now returns, and speaks of his present situation. Grief had brought many tears from his eyes, many agonies into his soul, and many distressful feelings into his whole frame. My soul and my belly - The belly is often taken for the whole body. But the term belly or bowels, in such as case as this, may be the most proper; for in distress and misery, the bowels being the most tender part, and in fact the very seat of compassion, they…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble - The nature and sources of his trouble are specified in the verses following. He seems to have regarded all his trouble as the result of sin, either the sin of his heart, of which he alone was conscious, or of some open act of sin, that had been the means of bringing this affliction upon him, Psalm 31:10. As a consequence of this, he says that he was subjected to the reproach of his enemies, and shunned by…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-18Verses 9-18 David's troubles made him a man of sorrows. Herein he was a type of Christ, who was acquainted with grief. David acknowledged that his afflictions were merited by his own sins, but Christ suffered for ours. David's friends durst not give him any assistance. Let us not think it strange if thus deserted, but make sure of a Friend in heaven who will not fail. God will be sure to order and dispose all for the best, to all those who commit their…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-13In this prayer for mercy, the psalmist places a description of his intense suffering and the pain of rejection between two statements of trust in the Lord (Psalm 31:6, 14).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-109-10. mine eye, &c.--denotes extreme weakness (compare Psa 6:7). grief--mingled sorrow and indignation (Psa 6:7). soul and ... belly--the whole person.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 31:9

• Afflictions and Adversities

In the dictionaries

• David
• Consume
• Eye
• Grief; Grieve
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of

Commentaries on Psalms 31

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings