Parallel Verses
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.
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 not handed me over to the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.
9
My
Names
Cross References
Psalm 6:7
My eyes grow weak with sorrow. I am weak because of all my foes.
Job 17:7
My eyes are dim because of grief. My limbs are like a shadow.
Job 33:19-22
On the other hand a man may be chastened on a bed of pain with constant distress in his bones.
Psalm 6:1-2
([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath.
Psalm 22:14-15
I am poured out like water. All my bones are out of joint. My heart has melted within me like wax (I am weak).
Psalm 38:1-10
([Psalm of David]) O Jehovah, do not correct me or discipline me in your burning anger.
Psalm 44:25
We are bowing in the dust. Our bodies cling to the ground.
Psalm 66:14
the vows made by my lips and spoken by my own mouth when I was in trouble.
Psalm 73:14
I have been plagued all day long, and chastened every morning.
Psalm 73:26
My flesh and my heart fail: God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.
Psalm 88:3-5
I am filled with troubles, and my life comes closer to the grave.
Psalm 88:9
My eyes grow weak because of my suffering. All day long I call out to you, O Jehovah. I stretch out my hands to you in prayer.
Psalm 102:3-5
My days have been consumed in smoke, and my bones have been scorched like a hearth.
Psalm 107:10
Those who lived in the dark, in death's shadow were prisoners in misery. They were held in iron chains
Lamentations 4:17
Our eyes are still wasting away in looking for our false help. We watch for a nation unable to give salvation.
Lamentations 5:17
Because of this our hearts are feeble. For these things our eyes are dark.