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3I am weary{H8804)} of my crying{H8800)}: my throat is dried{H8738)}: mine eyes fail{H8804)} while I wait{H8764)} for my God.
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I am weary with my groaning; all the night make I my bed to swim; I water my couch with my tears.
Mine eyes fail for thy salvation, and for the word of thy righteousness.
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O LORD, I am oppressed; undertake for me.
Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-12)In these verses David complains of his troubles, intermixing with those complaints some requests for relief. I. His complaints are very sad, and he pours them out before the Lord, as one that hoped thus to ease himself of a burden that lay very heaven upon him. 1. He complains of the deep impressions that his troubles made upon his spirit ( Ps. 69:1 , 2 ): “The waters of affliction , those bitter…
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