Psalms 119:83
For I have become like a wineskin in the smoke. I don’t forget your statutes.
World English Bible
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 fail for your word. I say, “When will you comfort me?”
84How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
Cross References
Psalms 22:15My strength is dried up like a potsherd. My tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth. You have brought me into the dust of death.
Psalms 119:16I will delight myself in your statutes. I will not forget your word.
Psalms 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Seek your servant, for I don’t forget your commandments.
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 →