Psalms 31:9

American Standard Version (1901)

Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, [yea], my soul and my body.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 6:7 : 7 Mine eye wasteth away because of grief; It waxeth old because of all mine adversaries.
  • Ps 88:9 : 9 Mine eye wasteth away by reason of affliction: I have called daily upon thee, O Jehovah; I have spread forth my hands unto thee.
  • Ps 102:3-5 : 3 For my days consume away like smoke, And my bones are burned as a firebrand. 4 My heart is smitten like grass, and withered; For I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning My bones cleave to my flesh.
  • Ps 107:10 : 10 Such as sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, Being bound in affliction and iron,
  • Lam 4:17 : 17 Our eyes do yet fail [in looking] for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
  • Lam 5:17 : 17 For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
  • Job 17:7 : 7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.
  • Job 33:19-22 : 19 He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, And with continual strife in his bones; 20 So that his life abhorreth bread, And his soul dainty food. 21 His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; And his bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yea, his soul draweth near unto the pit, And his life to the destroyers.
  • Ps 6:1-2 : 1 [For the Chief Musician; on stringed instruments, set to the Sheminith. A Psalm of David]. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thine anger, Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled.
  • Ps 22:14-15 : 14 I am poured out like water, And all my bones are out of joint: My heart is like wax; It is melted within me. 15 My strength is dried up like a potsherd; And my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; And thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
  • Ps 38:1-9 : 1 [A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance]. O Jehovah, rebuke me not in thy wrath; Neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure. 2 For thine arrows stick fast in me, And thy hand presseth me sore. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of thine indignation; Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. 4 For mine iniquities are gone over my head: As a heavy burden they are too heavy for me. 5 My wounds are loathsome and corrupt, Because of my foolishness. 6 I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long. 7 For my loins are filled with burning; And there is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart. 9 Lord, all my desire is before thee; And my groaning is not hid from thee. 10 My heart throbbeth, my strength faileth me: As for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
  • Ps 44:25 : 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: Our body cleaveth unto the earth.
  • Ps 66:14 : 14 Which my lips uttered, And my mouth spake, when I was in distress.
  • Ps 73:14 : 14 For all the day long have I been plagued, And chastened every morning.
  • Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart faileth; [But] God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
  • Ps 88:3-5 : 3 For my soul is full of troubles, And my life draweth nigh unto Sheol. 4 I am reckoned with them that go down into the pit; I am as a man that hath no help, 5 Cast off among the dead, Like the slain that lie in the grave, Whom thou rememberest no more, And they are cut off from thy hand.

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

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    20Behold, O Jehovah; for I am in distress; my heart is troubled; My heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: Abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.

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    16Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; For I am desolate and afflicted.

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    2Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; for I am withered away: O Jehovah, heal me; for my bones are troubled.

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  • Ps 9:13
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    13Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah; Behold my affliction [which I suffer] of them that hate me, Thou that liftest me up from the gates of death;

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    7Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, And all my members are as a shadow.

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    8I am faint and sore bruised: I have groaned by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

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    22For I am poor and needy, And my heart is wounded within me.

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    16And now my soul is poured out within me; Days of affliction have taken hold upon me.

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    4I said, O Jehovah, have mercy upon me: Heal my soul; For I have sinned against thee.

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    82Mine eyes fail for thy word, While I say, When wilt thou comfort me?

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    3For the enemy hath persecuted my soul; He hath smitten my life down to the ground: He hath made me to dwell in dark places, as those that have been long dead.

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    3I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.

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    16My face is red with weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

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    21For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:

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    10Remove thy stroke away from me: I am consumed by the blow of thy hand.

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    18Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! my heart is faint within me.