Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.
New American Standard Bible
My
King James Version
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
Holman Bible
because I am in distress;
my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow—
my whole being
International Standard Version
Be gracious to me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eyes have been consumed by my grief along with my soul and my body.
A Conservative Version
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in distress. My eye wastes away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.
American Standard Version
Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea , my soul and my body.
Amplified
Be gracious and compassionate to me, O Lord, for I am in trouble;
My eye is clouded and weakened by grief, my soul and my body also.
Darby Translation
Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.
Julia Smith Translation
Pity me, O Jehovah, for straits are to me: mine eye fell away; with trouble my soul and my belly.
King James 2000
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my body.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Be gracious [to] me, O Yahweh, because I have distress. My eye wastes away because of vexation, [along with] my soul and my {body}.
Modern King James verseion
Have mercy on me, O Jehovah, for I am in trouble; my eye has become old with grief, my soul and my belly.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble, and mine eye is consumed for very heaviness, yea my soul and my body.
NET Bible
Have mercy on me, for I am in distress! My eyes grow dim from suffering. I have lost my strength.
New Heart English Bible
Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
The Emphasized Bible
Show me favour, O Yahweh, for in distress am I, - Wasted with vexation, is mine eye - my soul and my body;
Webster
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my belly.
World English Bible
Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
Youngs Literal Translation
Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.
Themes
References
Watsons
Word Count of 20 Translations in Psalm 31:9
Prayers for Psalm 31:9
Verse Info
Context Readings
A Plea For Protection
8 And you have not given me into the hand of my hater; you have put my feet in a wide place. 9 Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body. 10 My life goes on in sorrow, and my years in weeping; my strength is almost gone because of my sin, and my bones are wasted away.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 6:7
My eyes are wasting away with trouble; they are becoming old because of all those who are against me.
Job 17:7
My eyes have become dark because of my pain, and all my body is wasted to a shade.
Job 33:19-22
Pain is sent on him as a punishment, while he is on his bed; there is no end to the trouble in his bones;
Psalm 6:1-2
O Lord, do not be bitter with me in your wrath; do not send punishment on me in the heat of your passion.
Psalm 22:14-15
I am flowing away like water, and all my bones are out of place: my heart is like wax, it has become soft in my body.
Psalm 38:1-10
O Lord, be not bitter with me in your wrath; let not your hand be on me in the heat of your passion.
Psalm 44:25
For our souls are crushed down to the dust: our bodies are stretched out on the earth.
Psalm 66:14
Keeping the word which came from my lips, and which my mouth said, when I was in trouble.
Psalm 73:14
For I have been troubled all the day; every morning have I undergone punishment.
Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.
Psalm 88:3-5
For my soul is full of evils, and my life has come near to the underworld.
Psalm 88:9
My eyes are wasting away because of my trouble: Lord, my cry has gone up to you every day, my hands are stretched out to you.
Psalm 107:10
Those who were in the dark, in the black night, in chains of sorrow and iron;
Lamentations 4:17
Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help: we have been watching for a nation unable to give salvation.
Lamentations 5:17
Because of this our hearts are feeble; for these things our eyes are dark;