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Psalm 31:9

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31:9Have mercy on me, for I am in distress!

My eyes grow dim14 from suffering.15

I have lost my strength.16

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Footnotes

  1. 14 Or perhaps, “are swollen.”
  2. 15 Cf. Ps 6:7, which has a similar line.
  3. 16 Heb “my breath and my stomach [grow weak].” Apparently the verb in the previous line (“grow dim, be weakened”) is to be understood here. The Hebrew term נפשׁ can mean “life,” or, more specifically, “throat, breath.” The psalmist seems to be lamenting that his breathing is impaired because of the physical and emotional suffering he is forced to endure.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Be gracious to me, O Lord, for I am in distress;

my eye is wasted from grief;

my soul and my body also.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress;

my eyes grow weak with sorrow,

my soul and body with grief.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Be gracious to me, Lord,

because I am in distress;

my eyes are worn out from frustration—

my whole being as well.

NLTNew Living Translation

Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am in distress.

Tears blur my eyes.

My body and soul are withering away.

LEBThe Lexham English 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.

KJV 1900King 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.