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82Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick: but when the desire cometh, it is a tree of life.
Return, O LORD, how long? and let it repent thee concerning thy servants. …
Shew me a token for good; that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed: because thou, LORD, hast holpen me, and comforted me.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 81-82)Here we have the psalmist, I. Longing for help from heaven: My soul faints; my eyes fail . He longs for the salvation of the Lord and for his word , that is, salvation according to the word. He is not thus eager for the creatures of fancy, but for the objects of faith, salvation from the present calamities under which he was groaning and the doubts and fears which he was oppressed with. It may be…
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