Psalms 69:3
(69-4) I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
In Context
Cross References
Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked shall fail, and they shall have no way to flee, and their hope shall be the drooping of the soul.
Psalms 6:6(6-7) I am weary with my groaning; every night make I my bed to swim; I melt away my couch with my tears.
Psalms 22:2(22-3) O my God, I call by day, but Thou answerest not; and at night, and there is no surcease for me.
Psalms 25:21Let integrity and uprightness preserve me, because I wait for Thee.
Psalms 40:3(40-4) And He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God; many shall see, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Psalms 88:7(88-8) Thy wrath lieth hard upon me, and all Thy waves Thou pressest down. Selah
Matthew Henry on Psalms 69:2-13
Complaints and Petitions. 1 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in unto my soul. 2 I sink in deep mire, where there is no standing: I am come into deep waters, where the floods overflow me. 3 I am weary of my crying: my throat is dried: mine eyes fail while I wait for my God. 4 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of mine head: they that would destroy me, being mine enemies wrongfully, are mighty: then I restored that which I took not away. 5 O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins… Read the whole commentary →