Parallel Verses
Holman Bible
because I am in distress;
my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow—
my whole being
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.
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.
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.
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
You have set my feet in a spacious place.
because I am in distress;
my eyes are worn out from angry sorrow—
my whole being
and my years with groaning;
my strength has failed
because of my sinfulness,
and my bones waste away.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 6:7
they
Job 17:7
and my whole body has become but a shadow.
Job 33:19-22
and constant distress in his bones,
Psalm 6:1-2
For the choir director: with stringed instruments, according to Sheminith.
do not discipline me in Your wrath.
Psalm 22:14-15
and all my bones are disjointed;
my heart is like wax,
melting within me.
Psalm 38:1-10
A Davidic psalm for remembrance.
or discipline me in Your wrath.
Psalm 44:25
our bodies cling to the ground.
Psalm 66:14
and my mouth spoke during my distress.
Psalm 73:14
and punished every morning.
Psalm 73:26
but God is the strength
my portion forever.
Psalm 88:3-5
and my life is near Sheol.
Psalm 88:9
Lord, I cry out to You all day long;
I spread out my hands to You.
Psalm 102:3-5
and my bones burn like a furnace.
Psalm 107:10
prisoners in cruel chains
Lamentations 4:17
ע Ayin
as we looked in vain for assistance;
we watched from our towers
for a nation
Lamentations 5:17
because of these, our eyes grow dim: