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Psalms 31:9

Mercy and compassionGriefSufferingExhaustion

7 I will be glad and rejoice in Your loving devotion, for You have seen my affliction; You have known the anguish of my soul.

8 You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.

Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.

10 For my life is consumed with grief and my years with groaning; my iniquity has drained my strength, and my bones are wasting away.

11 Among all my enemies I am a disgrace, and among my neighbors even more. I am dreaded by my friends— they flee when they see me on the street.

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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, LORD, 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.
DARBY
Be gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.
BLB
Show favor to me, O YHWH, for there is distress for me! My eye, my soul, and my belly have wasted away with grief.
ÅB
Vær nådig mot meg, Herre!
for jeg er i trengsel.
Øyet mitt, sjelen min og kroppen min
er tært bort av sorg.
OTB
Vis meg godhet, Herre, for jeg er i nød;
Mine øyne er utslitt av sorg, min sjel og min kropp også.
B1930
Vær mig nådig, Herre! for jeg er i trengsel; borttæret av sorg er mitt øie, min sjel og mitt legeme.

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