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 rejoice and be glad in Your lovingkindness, Because You have seen my affliction; You have known the troubles of my soul, 8And You have not given me over into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a large place. Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress; My eye is wasted away from grief, my soul and my body also. 10For my life is spent with sorrow And my years with sighing; My strength has failed because of my iniquity, And my body has wasted 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

• Be graciousחָנַןchânan · be graciousH2603
• to me, O Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• I am in distressצָרַרtsârar · to constrainH6887
• eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• is wastedעָשֵׁשׁ‛âshêsh · to wasteH6244
• from griefכַּ֫עַסka‛as ka‛aώ · vexationH3708
• my soulנֶ֫פֶשׁnephesh · soulH5315
• and my bodyבֶּ֫טֶןbeţen · belly: bodyH990

Cross-references for Psalms 31:9

• Psalms 6:7My eye has wasted away with grief; It has become old because of all my adversaries.
• Psalms 88:9My eye has wasted away because of affliction; I have called upon You every day, O Lord; I have spread out my hands to You.
• Job 17:7My eye has also grown dim because of grief, And all my members are as a shadow.
• Lamentations 4:17Yet our eyes failed, Looking for help was useless; In our watching we have watched For a nation that could not save.
• Lamentations 5:17Because of this our heart is faint, Because of these things our eyes are dim;
• Psalms 6:1O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor chasten 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 me.
• Psalms 38:1O Lord, rebuke me not in Your wrath, And chasten me not in Your burning anger.
• Psalms 44:25For our soul has sunk down into the dust; Our body cleaves to the earth.
• Psalms 73:14For I have been stricken all day long And chastened every morning.
• Psalms 88:3For my soul has had enough troubles, And my life has drawn near to Sheol.
• Psalms 102:3For my days have been consumed in smoke, And my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
• Psalms 107:10There were those who dwelt in darkness and in the shadow of death, Prisoners in misery and chains,
• Job 33:19“Man is also chastened with pain on his bed, And with unceasing complaint 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