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.
• 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!
• New Living Translation (NLT)Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am in distress. Tears blur my eyes. My body and soul are withering away.

Context of Psalms 31:9

7I will rejoice and be glad in your steadfast love, because you have seen my affliction; you have known the distress of my soul, 8and you have not delivered me into the hand of the enemy; you have set my feet in a broad place. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; my eye is wasted from grief; my soul and my body also. 10For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away. 11Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, especially to my neighbors, and an object of dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.

Psalms 31:9 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Have mercyחָנַןchânan · be graciousH2603
• upon me, O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• for I am in troubleצָרַרtsârar · to constrainH6887
• mine eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• is consumedעָשֵׁשׁ‛âshêsh · to wasteH6244
• with griefכַּ֫עַסka‛as ka‛aώ · vexationH3708
• my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• and my bellyבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: bodyH990

Cross-references for Psalms 31:9

• Psalms 6:7My eye wastes away because of grief; it grows weak because of all my foes.
• Psalms 88:9my eye grows dim through sorrow. Every day I call upon you, O Lord; I spread out my hands to you.
• Job 17:7My eye has grown dim from vexation, and all my members are like a shadow.
• Lamentations 4:17Our eyes failed, ever watching vainly for help; in our watching we watched for a nation which could not save.
• Lamentations 5:17For this our heart has become sick, for these things our eyes have grown dim,
• Psalms 6:1O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath.
• Psalms 22:14I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint; my heart is like wax; it is melted within my breast;
• Psalms 38:1O Lord, rebuke me not in your anger, nor discipline me in your wrath!
• Psalms 44:25For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly clings to the ground.
• Psalms 73:14For all the day long I have been stricken and rebuked every morning.
• Psalms 88:3For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol.
• Psalms 102:3For my days pass away like smoke, and my bones burn like a furnace.
• Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and in irons,
• Job 33:19"Man is also rebuked with pain on his bed and with continual 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