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A grieving petitioner sits alone, visibly worn by years.
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Psalms 31:9-10

my years with sighing

Psalm 31: Bring me out of the net they have hidden for · Psalms 31

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9Be gracious to me, O Yahweh, for I am in distress; my eye has wasted away with grief—my soul and my belly as well.

10For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing; my strength has failed because of my iniquity, and my bones waste away.

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