Psalms 119:136
Mine eyes run down with streams of water, because they keep not thy law.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
In Context
135Make thy face to shine upon thy servant, and teach me thy statutes.
137TZADE. Righteous art thou, Jehovah, and upright are thy judgments.
Cross References
1 Samuel 15:11It repenteth me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned away from following me, and hath not fulfilled my words. And Samuel was much grieved; and he cried to Jehovah all night.
Psalms 119:53Burning indignation hath taken hold upon me because of the wicked who forsake thy law.
Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters, and mine eye a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
Jeremiah 13:17And if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because Jehovah's flock is gone into captivity.
Ezekiel 9:4and Jehovah said unto him, Go through the midst of the city, through the midst of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men that sigh and that cry for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.
Romans 9:2that I have great grief and uninterrupted pain in my heart,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:136
135 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; and teach me thy statutes. David here, as often as elsewhere, writes himself God's servant, a title he gloried in, though he was a king; now here, as became a good servant, 1. He is very ambitious of his Master's favour, accounting that his happiness and chief good. He asks not for corn and wine, for silver and gold, but, " Make thy face to shine upon thy servant; let me be accepted of thee, and let me know that I am so. Comfort me with the light of thy countenance in… Read the whole commentary →