Psalms 31 · Verse 9

Psalms 31:9

Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
Psalms 31:9, King James Version

Psalms 31:9 in other translations

BSBBe merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
WEBHave mercy on me, LORD, for I am in distress. My eye, my soul, and my body waste away with grief.
ASVHave mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.
YLTFavour me, O Jehovah, for distress is to me, Mine eye, my soul, and my body Have become old by provocation.
DARBYBe gracious unto me, Jehovah, for I am in trouble: mine eye wasteth away with vexation, my soul and my belly.
BBEHave mercy on me, O Lord, for I am in trouble; my eyes are wasted with grief, I am wasted in soul and body.
WebsterHave mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: my eye is consumed with grief, yes, my soul and my belly.

What does Psalms 31:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 31:9-10
9-10. mine eye, &c.--denotes extreme weakness (compare Psa 6:7). grief--mingled sorrow and indignation (Psa 6:7). soul and ... belly--the whole person.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Mine eye is consumed - He now returns, and speaks of his present situation. Grief had brought many tears from his eyes, many agonies into his soul, and many distressful feelings into his whole frame. My soul and my belly - The belly is often taken for the whole body. But the term belly or bowels, in such as case as this, may be the most proper; for in distress and misery, the bowels being the most tender part, and in fact the very seat of compassion, they are often most affected. In Greek the word σπλαγχνον signifies a bowel, and σπλαγχνιζομαι signifies to be moved with compassion; to feel misery in the bowels at the sight of a person in pain and distress.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 31:9-18
David's troubles made him a man of sorrows. Herein he was a type of Christ, who was acquainted with grief. David acknowledged that his afflictions were merited by his own sins, but Christ suffered for ours. David's friends durst not give him any assistance. Let us not think it strange if thus deserted, but make sure of a Friend in heaven who will not fail. God will be sure to order and dispose all for the best, to all those who commit their spirits also into his hand. The time of life is in God's hands, to lengthen or shorten, make bitter or sweet, according to the counsel of his will. The way of man is not in himself, nor in our friend's hands, nor in our enemies' hands, but in God's. In this faith and confidence he prays that the Lord would save him for his mercies's sake, and not for any merit of his own. He prophesies the silencing of those that reproach and speak evil of the people of God. There is a day coming, when the Lord will execute judgment upon them. In the mean time, we should engage ourselves by well-doing, if possible, to silence the ignorance of foolish men.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 31:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חָנֵּ֥נִיcho.ne.nishow favor to meH2603
יְהוָה֮Yah.wehO YahwehH3068
כִּ֤יkiforH3588
צַ֫ר\־Tzar-it is distressH6887
לִ֥יlito me
עָשְׁשָׁ֖ה'a.she.Shahit has wasted awayH6244
בְכַ֥עַסve.Kha.'aswith griefH3708
עֵינִ֗י'ei.Nieye myH5869
נַפְשִׁ֥יnaf.Shibeing myH5315
וּבִטְנִֽי\׃u.vit.Niand belly myH990

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 31:9

  • Psalms 6:7

    Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.

  • Psalms 88:9

    Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: Lord, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.

  • Psalms 73:26

    My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

  • Job 17:7

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

  • Psalms 73:14

    For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.

  • Job 33:19-22

    He is chastened also with pain upon his bed, and the multitude of his bones with strong pain: So that his life abhorreth bread, and his soul dainty meat. His flesh is consumed away, that it cannot be seen; and his bones that were not seen stick out. Yea, his soul draweth near unto the grave, and his life to the destroyers.

  • Lamentations 5:17

    For this our heart is faint; for these things our eyes are dim.

  • Lamentations 4:17

    As for us, our eyes as yet failed for our vain help: in our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save us.

  • Psalms 88:3-5

    For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. I am counted with them that go down into the pit: I am as a man that hath no strength: Free among the dead, like the slain that lie in the grave, whom thou rememberest no more: and they are cut off from thy hand.

  • Psalms 22:14-15

    I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels. 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.

  • Psalms 107:10

    Such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, being bound in affliction and iron;

  • Psalms 44:25

    For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

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mine.
6:7; 88:9; Job 17:7; La 4:17; 5:17
my soul.
6:1,2; 22:14,15; 38:1-10; 44:25; 73:14,26; 88:3-5; 102:3-5; 107:10
Job 33:19-22

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Context

  • Psalms 31:8

    And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.

  • Psalms 31:9

    Have mercy upon me, O Lord, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.

  • Psalms 31:10

    For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.

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Psalms 31:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ten misericordia de mí, oh Jehová, que estoy en angustia: hanse consumido de pesar mis ojos, mi alma, y mis entrañas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tu ne m’as pas livré en la main de l’ennemi, tu as fait tenir mes pieds au large.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sei mir gnädig, Jehova! denn ich bin in Bedrängnis; vor Gram verfällt mein Auge, meine Seele und mein Bauch.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nolite fieri sicut equus et mulus, quibus non est intellectus. In camo et freno maxillas eorum constringe, qui non approximant ad te.