Psalms 31:10

Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

In Context

9And thou hast not shut me up in the hands of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a spacious place.

11For my life is wasted with grief: and my years in sighs. My strength is weakened through poverty and my bones are disturbed.

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Cross References

Psalms 6:8My eye is troubled through indignation: I have grown old amongst all my enemies.

Psalms 27:7Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee: have mercy on me and hear me.

Psalms 38:3For thy arrows are fastened in me : and thy hand hath been strong upon me.

Psalms 71:9Cast me not off in the time of old age: when my strength shall fail, do not thou forsake me.

Psalms 88:15Lord, why castest thou off my prayer: why turnest thou away thy face from me?

Romans 9:2dummy verses inserted by amos

Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:10-19

Sorrowful Complaints; Humble and Believing Prayer. 9 Have mercy upon me, O Lord , for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly. 10 For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed. 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies, but especially among my neighbours, and a fear to mine acquaintance: they that did see me without fled from me. 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of mind: I am like a broken… Read the whole commentary →

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