Verse 9
Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
Referenced Verses
- Ps 6:7 : 7 My eye wastes away because of grief. It grows old because of all my adversaries.
- Ps 88:9 : 9 My eyes are dim from grief. I have called on you daily, Yahweh. I have spread out my hands to you.
- Ps 102:3-5 : 3 For my days consume away like smoke. My bones are burned as a torch. 4 My heart is blighted like grass, and withered, for I forget to eat my bread. 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning, my bones stick to my skin.
- Ps 107:10 : 10 Some 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 My eye also is dim by reason of sorrow. All my members are as a shadow.
- Job 33:19-22 : 19 He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones; 20 So that his life abhors bread, and his soul dainty food. 21 His flesh is so consumed away, that it can't be seen. His bones that were not seen stick out. 22 Yes, his soul draws near to the pit, and his life to the destroyers.
- Ps 6:1-2 : 1 Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your anger, neither discipline me in your wrath. 2 Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am faint. Yahweh, heal me, for my bones are troubled.
- Ps 22:14-15 : 14 I am poured out like water. 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. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.
- Ps 38:1-9 : 1 Yahweh, don't rebuke me in your wrath, neither chasten me in your hot displeasure. 2 For your arrows have pierced me, your hand presses hard on me. 3 There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin. 4 For my iniquities have 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 day long. 7 For my waist is filled with burning. There is no soundness in my flesh. 8 I am faint and severely bruised. I have groaned by reason of the anguish of my heart. 9 Lord, all my desire is before you. My groaning is not hidden from you. 10 My heart throbs. My strength fails me. As for the light of my eyes, it has also left me.
- Ps 44:25 : 25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust. Our body clings to the earth.
- Ps 66:14 : 14 which my lips promised, and my mouth spoke, when I was in distress.
- Ps 73:14 : 14 For all day long have I been plagued, and punished every morning.
- Ps 73:26 : 26 My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Ps 88:3-5 : 3 For my soul is full of troubles. My life draws near to Sheol. 4 I am counted among those who go down into the pit. I am like a man who has no help, 5 set apart among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave, whom you remember no more. They are cut off from your hand.