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.
Psalms 31:9–11
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Psalms 88:2–4
2 May my prayer come before You; incline Your ear to my cry. 3 For my soul is full of troubles, and my life draws near to Sheol. 4 I am counted among those descending to the Pit. I am like a man without strength.
Psalms 6:6–8
6 I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears. 7 My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim because of all my foes. 8 Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity, for the LORD has heard my weeping.
Psalms 38:16–18
16 For I said, “Let them not gloat over me— those who taunt me when my foot slips.” 17 For I am ready to fall, and my pain is ever with me. 18 Yes, I confess my iniquity; I am troubled by my sin.
Psalms 109:21–23
21 But You, O GOD, the Lord, deal kindly with me for the sake of Your name; deliver me by the goodness of Your loving devotion. 22 For I am poor and needy; my heart is wounded within me. 23 I am fading away like a lengthening shadow; I am shaken off like a locust.
Psalms 38:2–4
2 For Your arrows have pierced me deeply, and Your hand has pressed down on me. 3 There is no soundness in my body because of Your anger; there is no rest in my bones because of my sin. 4 For my iniquities have overwhelmed me; they are a burden too heavy to bear.
Psalms 6:1–3
1 For the choirmaster. With stringed instruments, according to Sheminith. A Psalm of David. O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath. 2 Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony. 3 My soul is de…
Job 17:6–8
6 He has made me a byword among the people, a man in whose face they spit. 7 My eyes have grown dim with grief, and my whole body is but a shadow. 8 The upright are appalled at this, and the innocent are stirred against the godless.
Psalms 40:11–13
11 O LORD, do not withhold Your mercy from me; Your loving devotion and faithfulness will always guard me. 12 For evils without number surround me; my sins have overtaken me, so that I cannot see. They are more than the hairs of my head, and my heart has failed with…
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