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Selected Verse: Psalms 119:136 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 119:136 |
Strong Concordance |
Rivers [06388] of waters [04325] run down [03381] mine eyes [05869], because they keep [08104] not thy law [08451]. |
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King James |
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law. |
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] |
Zealous himself to keep God's law, he is deeply afflicted when others violate it (compare Psa 119:53). Literally, "Mine eyes come down (dissolved) like water brooks" (Lam 3:48; Jer 9:1).
because, &c.--(Compare Eze 9:4; Jer 13:17). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes - My heart is sad, and my eyes pour forth floods of tears. It is not a gentle weeping, but my eyes are like a fountain which pours out full-flowing streams. See Jer 9:1. "Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears," etc. Compare Jer 14:17; Lam 1:16; Lam 2:18.
Because they keep not thy law - On account of the sins, the follies, the stupidity, and the transgressions of people. So the Saviour wept over Jerusalem Luk 19:41; and so the apostle said that he had "great heaviness and continual sorrow" in his heart, on account of his "brethren," his "kinsmen according to the flesh." Rom 9:2-3. Such a feeling is right. There is nothing for which we should be excited to deeper emotion in respect to our fellow-men than for the fact that they are violators of the law of God, and exposed to its fearful penalty. There is nothing which more certainly indicates true piety in the soul than such deep compassion for people as sinners, or because they are sinners. There is nothing which is more certainly connected with a work of grace in a community, or revival of true religion, than when such a feeling pervades a church. Then Christians will pray; then they will labor to save sinners; then they will feel their dependence on God; and then the Spirit of God will descend and bless the efforts put forth for the salvation of people. It may be added, nothing is more remarkable than that pious people ordinarily feel so little on account of the danger of their friends and fellow-sinners - that the occasions are so rare on which they imitate the example of the psalmist and of the Saviour in weeping over the condition of a perishing world! |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Rivers - Plentiful tears, witness of my deep sorrow for God's dishonour, and for the miseries which sinners bring upon themselves. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Rivers of waters run down mine eyes - How much had this blessed man the honor of God and the salvation of souls at heart! O for more of that spirit which mourns for the transgressions of the land! But we are not properly convinced of the exceeding sinfulness of sin. |
17 But if ye will not hear [08085] it, my soul [05315] shall weep [01058] in secret places [04565] for [06440] your pride [01466]; and mine eye [05869] shall weep [01830] sore [01830], and run down [03381] with tears [01832], because the LORD'S [03068] flock [05739] is carried away captive [07617].
4 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto him, Go through [05674] the midst [08432] of the city [05892], through the midst [08432] of Jerusalem [03389], and set [08427] a mark [08420] upon the foreheads [04696] of the men [0582] that sigh [0584] and that cry [0602] for all the abominations [08441] that be done [06213] in the midst [08432] thereof.
1 Oh that [05414] my head [07218] were waters [04325], and mine eyes [05869] a fountain [04726] of tears [01832], that I might weep [01058] day [03119] and night [03915] for the slain [02491] of the daughter [01323] of my people [05971]!
48 Mine eye [05869] runneth down [03381] with rivers [06388] of water [04325] for the destruction [07667] of the daughter [01323] of my people [05971].
53 Horror [02152] hath taken hold [0270] upon me because of the wicked [07563] that forsake [05800] thy law [08451].
2 That [3754] I [3427] have [2076] great [3173] heaviness [3077] and [2532] continual [88] sorrow in [3601] my [3450] heart [2588].
3 For [1063] I [1473] could wish [2172] that myself [846] were [1511] accursed [331] from [575] Christ [5547] for [5228] my [3450] brethren [80], my [3450] kinsmen [4773] according [2596] to the flesh [4561]:
41 And [2532] when [5613] he was come near [1448], he beheld [1492] the city [4172], and wept [2799] over [1909] it [846],
18 Their heart [03820] cried [06817] unto the Lord [0136], O wall [02346] of the daughter [01323] of Zion [06726], let tears [01832] run down [03381] like a river [05158] day [03119] and night [03915]: give [05414] thyself no rest [06314]; let not the apple [01323] of thine eye [05869] cease [01826].
16 For these things I weep [01058]; mine eye [05869], mine eye [05869] runneth down [03381] with water [04325], because the comforter [05162] that should relieve [07725] my soul [05315] is far [07368] from me: my children [01121] are desolate [08074], because the enemy [0341] prevailed [01396].
17 Therefore thou shalt say [0559] this word [01697] unto them; Let mine eyes [05869] run down [03381] with tears [01832] night [03915] and day [03119], and let them not cease [01820]: for the virgin [01330] daughter [01323] of my people [05971] is broken [07665] with a great [01419] breach [07667], with a very [03966] grievous [02470] blow [04347].
1 Oh that [05414] my head [07218] were waters [04325], and mine eyes [05869] a fountain [04726] of tears [01832], that I might weep [01058] day [03119] and night [03915] for the slain [02491] of the daughter [01323] of my people [05971]!