KJV ORIGINAL
For my life is spent with grief, and my years with sighing: my strength faileth because of mine iniquity, and my bones are consumed.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
My life is being used up by grief, and my years are filled with deep sighing. My strength is failing because of my sin, and my body is wasting away.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
The writer is expressing how emotional pain and the weight of his sins have physically and spiritually drained him completely.
📚 Historical Context
This psalm is attributed to David, likely written during one of his periods of intense persecution, possibly when fleeing from King Saul or during Absalom's rebellion. In ancient Hebrew culture, physical ailments were often understood as connected to spiritual and emotional distress, and confession of sin was seen as essential for healing and restoration.
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