Psalm 31:10

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I have known only sorrow all my life long, and I suffer year after year. I am weak from sin, and my bones are limp.

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Moaning and groaning are my food and drink,

How long must I be confused and miserable all day? How long will my enemies keep beating me down?

Please listen when I pray! Have pity. Answer my prayer.

My body hurts all over because of your anger. Even my bones are in pain, and my sins

You punish us severely because of our sins. Like a moth, you destroy what we treasure most. We are as frail as a breath.

You, LORD, heard my crying, and those hateful people had better leave me alone.

Don't throw me aside when I am old; don't desert me when my strength is gone.

So he cut their lives short and made them terrified.

Ever since I was a child, I have been sick and close to death. You have terrified me and made me helpless.

my heart is broken and I am in great sorrow.