Psalms 31:10

31:10 For my life nears its end in pain;

my years draw to a close as I groan. ¹ 

My strength fails me because of ²  my sin,

and my bones become brittle. ³ 

Psalms 71:9

71:9 Do not reject me in my old age! ⁴ 

When my strength fails, do not abandon me!

Psalms 39:10

39:10 Please stop wounding me! ⁵ 

You have almost beaten me to death! ⁶ 

Psalms 38:8

38:8 I am numb with pain and severely battered; ⁷ 

I groan loudly because of the anxiety I feel. ⁸ 

[31:10]  ¹ tn Heb “and my years in groaning.”

[31:10]  ² tn Heb “stumbles in.”

[31:10]  ³ tn Heb “grow weak.”

[71:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “do not cast me away at the time of old age.”

[39:10]  ⁷ tn Heb “remove from upon me your wound.”

[39:10]  ⁸ tn Heb “from the hostility of your hand I have come to an end.”

[38:8]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “I am numb and crushed to excess.”

[38:8]  ¹¹ tn Heb “I roar because of the moaning of my heart.”