Psalms 119:136
Rivers of water run down mine eyes, Because men keep not thy law.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
In Context
135Let thy face shine on thy servant, And teach me thy statutes!
137Righteous art thou, O LORD! And just are thy judgments!
Cross References
Psalms 119:53Indignation burneth within me, On account of the wicked who forsake thy law.
Jeremiah 9:1O that my head were waters, And mine eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
Jeremiah 13:17But if ye will not hear, I will mourn in secret places for your pride, I will weep continually, And my eyes shall run down with tears, Because the flock of Jehovah is carried away captive.
Ezekiel 9:4and Jehovah said to 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 wail for all the abominations that are done in the midst thereof.
Romans 9:2I have great grief and unceasing anguish 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 →