Psalms 31:10

Psalms 31:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
• New International Version (NIV)My life is consumed by anguish and my years by groaning; my strength fails because of my affliction, and my bones grow weak.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For my life is spent with sorrow, and my years with sighing; my strength fails because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For my life is spent with grief, And my years with sighing; My strength fails because of my iniquity, And my bones waste away.

Context of Psalms 31:10

8I will be glad and rejoice in Your lovingkindness, for You saw my affliction. You knew the troubles of my soul. 9You did not hand me over to the enemy. You set my feet in a wide-open place. Be gracious to me, Adonai, for I am in distress. My eyes waste away with grief, my soul and my body as well. 11For my life is consumed in sorrow and my years in sighing. My strength fails because of my anguish and my bones waste away. 12Because of all my adversaries I am the contempt of my neighbors and a dread to my acquaintances. Seeing me on the street, they flee from me.

Psalms 31:10 word by word

כִּ֤י כָל֪וּ בְיָג֡וֹן חַיַּי֮ וּשְׁנוֹתַ֪י בַּאֲנָ֫חָ֥ה כָּשַׁ֣ל בַּעֲוֹנִ֣י כֹחִ֑י וַעֲצָמַ֥י עָשֵֽׁשׁוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For my lifeחַיִּיםchay · lifeH2416
• is spentכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: expendH3615
• with griefיָגוֹןyâgôn · sorrowH3015
• and my yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• with sighingאֲנָחָה'ănâchâh · sighingH585
• my strengthכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• failethכָּשַׁלkâshal · to stumbleH3782
• because of mine iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: crimeH5771
• and my bonesעֶ֫צֶם‛etsem · boneH6106
• are consumedעָשֵׁשׁ‛âshêsh · to wasteH6244

Cross-references for Psalms 31:10

• Psalms 78:33So He ended their days in futility and their years in terror.
• Psalms 88:15Adonai, why do You spurn me? Why do You hide Your face from me?
• Psalms 102:3Do not hide Your face from me in the day of my distress. Turn Your ear to me— in the day I call, answer me quickly.
• Job 3:24For my sighing comes instead of my bread, and my groans pour out like water.
• Romans 9:2that my sorrow is great and the anguish in my heart unending.
• Psalms 71:9Do not cast me away in the time of old age. When my strength fails, do not forsake me.
• Psalms 32:3When I kept silent, my bones became brittle through my groaning all day long.

Commentaries on Psalms 31:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10My life is spent with grief - My life is a life of suffering and distress, and by grief my days are shortened. Grief disturbs the functions of life, prevents the due concoction of food, injures the digestive organs, destroys appetite, impairs the nervous system, relaxes the muscles, induces morbid action in the animal economy, and hastens death. These effects are well expressed in the verse itself. My years with sighing - אנחה anachah . This is a mere…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10For my life is spent with grief - The word here rendered “spent” does not mean merely “passed,” as it is commonly now used, as when we say we “spent” our time at such a place, or in such a manner, but in the more proper meaning of the word, as denoting “consumed, wasted away,” or “destroyed.” See the word כלה kâlâh as used in Jeremiah 16:4; Lamentations 2:11; Psalm 84:2 (Psalm 143:7; Psalm 69:3 Job 11:20. And my years with sighing - That is, my years…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. 10my bones are wasting away: This phrase powerfully describes how despair can harm our physical health.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 31:10

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Conviction
• Prayer
• Remorse

In the dictionaries

• David
• Bone; Bones
• Consume
• Grief; Grieve
• Groan
• Pentateuch
• Psalms, Book of
• Sorrow
• Soul

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