Psalms 119:82
My eyes fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”
World English 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 hope in your word.
83For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
Cross References
Psalms 69:3I am weary with my crying. My throat is dry. My eyes fail looking for my God.
Psalms 90:13Relent, LORD! How long? Have compassion on your servants!
Proverbs 13:12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but when longing is fulfilled, it is a tree of life.
Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail with tears. My heart is troubled. My bile is poured on the earth, because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, because the young children and the infants swoon 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 →