Psalms 119:82
My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Mine eyes fail for thy word, saying, When wilt thou comfort me?
In Context
81My soul faints for Your salvation; I wait for Your word.
83Though I am like a wineskin dried up by smoke, I do not forget Your statutes.
Cross References
Psalms 69:3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
Psalms 90:13Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
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 →