Psalms 119:82
My eyes look eagerly for thy promise, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
In Context
81CAPH. My soul ardently desireth for thy salvation: for thy word do I wait.
83For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.
Cross References
Psalms 69:3(69:4) I am weary of my calling; my throat is hoarse; my eyes fail, while I hope for my God.
Psalms 90:13Return, O Lord, how long yet? and bethink thee concerning thy servants.
Proverbs 13:12Expectation long deferred maketh the heart sick; but a tree of life is a desire which is fulfilled.
Lamentations 2:11My eyes do fail with tears, my bowels are heated, my liver is poured upon the earth because of the breach of the daughter of my people; because babes and sucklings faint away in the streets 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 →