Bible verse
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am in distress; my eyes fail from sorrow, my soul and body as well.
Psalm 31:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Psalm 31.
5 Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
6 I hate those who cling to worthless idols, but in the LORD I trust.
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.
9 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.
12 I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
13 For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
KJV
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, [yea], my soul and my belly.
ASV
Have mercy upon me, O Jehovah, for I am in distress: Mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.
ERV
Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in distress: mine eye wasteth away with grief, yea, my soul and my body.
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