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Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit

Psalms 31:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
KJV
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
WEB
Have mercy on me, Yahweh, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
ASV
Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.
LSV
Favor me, O YHWH, for distress [is] to me, || My eye, my soul, and my body || Have become old by provocation.
YLT
Favour me, O Jehovah, for distress [is] to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.
DBY
Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.
DRC30:10
Have mercy on me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with wrath, my soul, and my belly:
GNV
Haue mercie vpon mee, O Lord: for I am in trouble: mine eye, my soule and my bellie are consumed with griefe.
JPS31:10
Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I am in distress; mine eye wasteth away with vexation, yea, my soul and my body.
LXXE30:10
Pity me, O Lord, for I am afflicted: my eye is troubled with indignation, my soul and my belly.

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Original-language editions

WLC31:10
חָנֵּ֥נִי יְהוָה֮ כִּ֤י צַ֫ר־לִ֥י עָשְׁשָׁ֖ה בְכַ֥עַס עֵינִ֗י נַפְשִׁ֥י וּבִטְנִֽי׃KJV:Ps.31.9
LXX-Br30:10
Ἐλέησόν με, Κύριε, ὅτι θλίβομαι· ἐταράχθη ἐν θυμῷ ὁ ὀφθαλμός μου, ἡ ψυχή μου, καὶ ἡ γαστήρ μου.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 6:7My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes.
  • Psalms 88:9My eyes grow dim with grief. I call to You daily, O LORD; I spread out my hands to You.
  • Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  • Psalms 88:3–5For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength. I am forsaken among the dead, like the slain who lie in the grave,…
  • Psalms 44:25For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies cling to the earth.
  • Psalms 107:10Some sat in darkness and in the shadow of death, prisoners in affliction and chains,
  • Lamentations 4:17All the while our eyes were failing as we looked in vain for help. We watched from our towers for a nation that could not save us.
  • Psalms 66:14the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
  • Psalms 102:3–5For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers. My heart is afflicted, and withered like grass; I even forget to eat my bread. Through my loud groaning my flesh clings to my bones.
  • Psalms 6:1–2O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
  • Job 33:19–22A man is also chastened on his bed with pain and constant distress in his bones, so that he detests his bread, and his soul loathes his favorite food. His flesh wastes away from sight, and his hidden bones protrude. He…
  • Job 17:7My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow.
  • Lamentations 5:17Because of this, our hearts are faint; because of these, our eyes grow dim—
  • Psalms 22:14–15I am poured out like water, and all my bones are disjointed. My heart is like wax; it melts away within me. My strength is dried up like a potsherd, and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You lay me in the dust…
  • Psalms 38:1–10O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no…
  • Psalms 73:14For I am afflicted all day long and punished every morning.

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  • 31:10 in some Bibles
  • 31:9 in most Bibles

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