Psalms 119:82
My eyes are full of weariness with searching for your word, saying, When will you give me comfort?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
In Context
81CAPH My soul is wasted with desire for your salvation: but I have hope in your word.
83For I have become like a wine-skin black with smoke; but I still keep the memory of your rules.
Cross References
Psalms 69:3\69:2\My feet are deep in the soft earth, where there is no support; I have come into deep waters, the waves are flowing over me.
Psalms 90:13Come back, O Lord; how long? let your purpose for your servants be changed.
Proverbs 13:12Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.
Lamentations 2:11My eyes are wasted with weeping, the inmost parts of my body are deeply moved, my inner parts are drained out on the earth, for the destruction of the daughter of my people; because of the young children and babies at the breast who are falling without strength in the open squares of the town.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:82-83
11. CAPH. 81 My soul fainteth for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word. 82 Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me? 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… Read the whole commentary →