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9Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
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Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
Mine eye mourneth by reason of affliction: LORD, I have called daily upon thee, I have stretched out my hands unto thee.
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.
For my soul is full of troubles: and my life draweth nigh unto the grave. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 9-18)In the Ps. 31:1-8 David had appealed to God’s righteousness, and pleaded his relation to him and dependence on him; here he appeals to his mercy, and pleads the greatness of his own misery, which made his case the proper object of that mercy. Observe, I. The complaint he makes of his trouble and distress (Ps. 31:9): “ Have mercy upon me, O Lord! for I am in trouble , and need thy mercy.” The remem…
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