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Psalm 31:8-10
New English Translation
Psalm 31:8-10
New English Translation
8 You do not deliver me over to the power of the enemy;
you enable me to stand[a] in a wide open place.
9 Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am in distress!
My eyes grow dim[b] from suffering.[c]
I have lost my strength.[d]
10 For my life nears its end in pain;
my years draw to a close as I groan.[e]
My strength fails me because of[f] my sin,
and my bones become brittle.[g]
Footnotes
- Psalm 31:8 tn Heb “you cause my feet to stand.”
- Psalm 31:9 tn Or perhaps, “are swollen.”
- Psalm 31:9 tn Cf. Ps 6:7, which has a similar line.
- Psalm 31:9 tn Heb “my breath and my stomach [grow weak].” Apparently the verb in the previous line (“grow dim, be weakened”) is to be understood here. The Hebrew term נפשׁ can mean “life,” or, more specifically, “throat, breath.” The psalmist seems to be lamenting that his breathing is impaired because of the physical and emotional suffering he is forced to endure.
- Psalm 31:10 tn Heb “and my years in groaning.”
- Psalm 31:10 tn Heb “stumbles in.”
- Psalm 31:10 tn Heb “grow weak.”
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