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Forכִּיmy lifeחַיַּיis spentכָלוּin sorrowבְיָגוֹןand my yearsוּשְׁנוֹתַיin groaning;בַּאֲנָחָהmy strengthכֹחִיhas falteredכָּשַׁלbecause of my iniquity,בַּעֲוֺנִיand my bonesוַעֲצָמַיhave wasted away.עָשֵׁשׁוּ
Psalms 31:10
Study it in the app“For my life is spent in sorrow and my years in groaning; my strength has faltered because of my iniquity, and my bones have wasted away.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Psalms 31:10, word by word
- my lifeחַיַּchaya
life
The span and strength of being alive, which come from God.
Where else “chaya” appears- is spentכָלוּchalu
be spent
To be used up little by little until nothing is left.
Where else “chalu” appears- in sorrowיָגוֹןyagon
sorrow, grief
Deep sorrow, grief.
Where else “yagon” appears- and my yearsשְׁנוֹתַshenota
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shenota” appears- in groaningאֲנָחָהanacha
sighing, groaning
A sigh, a groan: the moan of one who suffers or is weary.
Where else “anacha” appears- my strengthכֹחִchochi
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “chochi” appears- has falteredכָּשַׁלkashal
falter
To grow weak.
Where else “kashal” appears- because of my iniquityעֲוֺנִavoni
iniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avoni” appears- and my bonesעֲצָמַatsama
bone
Each hard piece of the skeleton; also the body itself, of the dead or the living.
Where else “atsama” appears- have wasted awayעָשֵׁשׁוּasheshu
waste away
To waste away, to wear out: to grow dim or weak, said of the eyes or the bones through grief.
Where else “asheshu” appears
The context
9Show me favor, YHWH, for I am in distress; my eye has wasted away with grief, my soul and my belly.
10 · This verse (above)
11Because of all my adversaries I have become a reproach, and to my neighbors exceedingly, and a dread to my acquaintances; those who see me in the street flee from me.