Psalm 31:10
“For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 31Meaning
Life is consumed with grief and sighing, strength fails, and the speaker mentions iniquity; the verse must not be used to claim that every illness, disability, or exhaustion is caused by personal sin.
Grief, rejection and threat
Verses 9–13 name bodily grief, failing strength, social shame, abandonment, slander, fear and plots against the speaker’s life.
Read carefully
Life is consumed with grief and sighing, strength fails, and the speaker mentions iniquity; the verse must not be used to claim that every illness, disability, or exhaustion is caused by personal sin.
Reflection
Life is consumed with grief and sighing, strength fails, and the speaker mentions iniquity; the verse must not be used to claim that every illness, disability, or exhaustion is caused by personal sin.