Psalm 31:10

New Catholic Bible

¹⁰^[a]Have mercy on me, O Lord,
for I am in trouble.
My weeping is laying waste to my eyes
as well as my soul^[b] and my body.

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Footnotes

Psalm 31:10 The prayer changes tone; after serenity comes a gasping cry. The stricken person is also one who is despised and rejected, an object of utter contempt by others. This is the despairing cry at times when we seem completely alone.
Psalm 31:10 Soul: see note on Ps 6:4.

Psalm 31:10

New International Version

¹⁰My life is consumed by anguish^(A)
and my years by groaning;^(B)
my strength fails^(C) because of my affliction,^[a]^(D)
and my bones grow weak.^(E)