Psalms 119:83
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke: [yet] do I not forget thy statutes.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
For I am become like a bottle in the smoke; yet do I not forget thy statutes.
In Context
82My eyes look eagerly for thy promise, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
84How many are the days of thy servant? when wilt thou execute justice on my persecutors?
Cross References
Psalms 22:15(22:16) Like a potsherd is my strength dried up; and my tongue cleaveth to my palate; and into the dust of death hast thou laid me down.
Psalms 119:16In thy statutes will I seek my delight: I will not forget thy word.
Psalms 119:176I have gone erringly astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for thy commandments have I not forgotten.
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 →