Psalm 31:9-16 New International Version
9 Be merciful to me, Lord, for I am in distress;(A)
my eyes grow weak with sorrow,(B)
my soul and body(C) with grief.
10 My life is consumed by anguish(D)
and my years by groaning;(E)
my strength fails(F) because of my affliction,[a](G)
and my bones grow weak.(H)
11 Because of all my enemies,(I)
I am the utter contempt(J) of my neighbors(K)
and an object of dread to my closest friends—
those who see me on the street flee from me.
12 I am forgotten as though I were dead;(L)
I have become like broken pottery.
13 For I hear many whispering,(M)
“Terror on every side!”(N)
They conspire against me(O)
and plot to take my life.(P)
Footnotes
- Psalm 31:10 Or guilt
Cross references
- Psalm 31:9 : Ps 4:1
- Psalm 31:9 : Ps 6:7
- Psalm 31:9 : Ps 63:1
- Psalm 31:10 : ver 7
- Psalm 31:10 : Ps 6:6
- Psalm 31:10 : Ps 22:15; 32:4; 38:10; 73:26
- Psalm 31:10 : Ps 25:18
- Psalm 31:10 : S Ps 6:2
- Psalm 31:11 : Dt 30:7; Ps 3:7; 25:19; 102:8
- Psalm 31:11 : S Ps 22:6
- Psalm 31:11 : Ps 38:11
- Psalm 31:12 : Ps 28:1; 88:4
- Psalm 31:13 : S Lev 19:16; Ps 50:20
- Psalm 31:13 : S Job 18:11; Isa 13:8; Jer 6:25; 20:3, 10; 46:5; 49:5; La 2:22
- Psalm 31:13 : Ps 41:7; 56:6; 71:10; 83:3
- Psalm 31:13 : S Ge 37:18; S Mt 12:14
- Psalm 31:14 : Ps 4:5
- Psalm 31:15 : S Job 14:5
- Psalm 31:16 : S Nu 6:25
- Psalm 31:16 : S Ps 6:4
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