Psalms 31:9

Have mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.

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In The 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.

In Context

8You have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy. You have set my feet in a large place.

10For my life is spent with sorrow, my years with sighing. My strength fails because of my iniquity. My bones are wasted away.

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Cross References

2 Samuel 22:20He also brought me out into a large place. He delivered me, because he delighted in me.

Job 33:19“He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones,

Psalms 6:7My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.

Psalms 18:37I will pursue my enemies, and overtake them. I won’t turn away until they are consumed.

Psalms 38:1LORD, don’t rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure.

Psalms 66:14which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 31:2-9

Prayer for Deliverance; Profession of Confidence in God. 1 In thee, O Lord , do I put my trust; let me never be ashamed: deliver me in thy righteousness. 2 Bow down thine ear to me; deliver me speedily: be thou my strong rock, for a house of defence to save me. 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name's sake lead me, and guide me. 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. 5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of… Read the whole commentary →

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