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Selected Verse: Psalms 69:3 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Ps 69:3 |
King James |
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
(Compare Psa 6:6).
mine eyes fail--in watching (Psa 119:82). |
Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
I am weary of my crying - The word "crying" here does not mean weeping, or shedding tears, but calling upon God for help. He had grown weary; his strength had been exhausted in the act of calling upon God to assist him. See the notes at Psa 6:6. This was an instance where one had called so long on God, and prayed so much and so earnestly, that his strength was gone. Compare Mat 26:41.
My throat is dried - Or, "is parched up." The Hebrew word denotes to burn; to be enkindled; and then, to be inflamed. Here it means that by the excessive exertion of his voice, his throat had become parched, so that he could not speak.
Mine eyes fail - That is, become dim from exhaustion. I have looked so long in that one direction that the power of vision begins to fail, and I see nothing clearly. See the notes at Psa 6:7. Compare Job 17:7; Psa 31:9; Psa 38:10.
While I wait for my God - That is, by continued "looking" to God. The word "wait" is not used here, nor is it generally in the Bible, as it is now with us, in the sense of looking for "future" interposition, or of doing nothing ourselves in expectation of what "may" occur; but it is used in the sense of looking to God alone; of exercising dependence on him; of seeking his aid. This is indeed connnected with the ordinary idea of abiding his will, but it is also an "active" state of mind - a state expressive of intense interest and desire. See the notes at Psa 62:5. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
I am weary of my crying - A pathetic description of the state of the poor captives for about seventy years. |
82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
5 My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from him.
10 My heart panteth, my strength faileth me: as for the light of mine eyes, it also is gone from me.
9 Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am in trouble: mine eye is consumed with grief, yea, my soul and my belly.
7 Mine eye also is dim by reason of sorrow, and all my members are as a shadow.
7 Mine eye is consumed because of grief; it waxeth old because of all mine enemies.
41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
6 I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.