Psalm 31:10

Translations

Modern

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

Traditional

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

Literal

For my life has been consumed with grief, and my years with groaning; my strength fails in my iniquity, and my bones are wasting away.

Latin

Quoniam defecit in dolore vita mea, et anni mei in gemitibus. Infirmata est in paupertate virtus mea, et ossa mea conturbata sunt.

Original

Hebrew

English

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

Notes

Psalms 31:10

my bones are wasting away: This phrase powerfully describes how despair can harm our physical health.

Psalms 31:9–13

In this prayer for mercy, the psalmist places a description of his intense suffering and the pain of rejection between two statements of trust in the Lord (Psalm 31:6, 14).

Psalms 31:1–24

The psalmist urges the faithful to seek safety in the Lord and wait for his salvation. After experiencing something like death, he shares how the Lord remained faithful. This psalm points ahead to the suffering of Jesus (Luke 23:46).

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When I kept silent, my bones became brittle from my groaning all day long.
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There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin.
Psalm 78:33
So He ended their days in futility, and their years in sudden terror.
Romans 9:2
I have deep sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart.
Psalm 13:2
How long must I wrestle in my soul, with sorrow in my heart each day? How long will my enemy dominate me?
Job 3:24
I sigh when food is put before me, and my groans pour out like water.
Psalm 39:11
You discipline and correct a man for his iniquity, consuming like a moth what he holds dear; surely each man is but a vapor. Selah
Psalm 102:3–28
For my days vanish like smoke, and my bones burn like glowing embers.
Psalm 71:9
Do not discard me in my old age; do not forsake me when my strength fails.

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